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But in many cases, including Stanford’s consent pledge, the efforts are student-initiated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

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From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

Specifically, the prime minister would pledge to speed up the delivery of lightweight multirole missiles that can help bring down fast jet-powered Russian drones.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

From there it was a short leap for the word to represent a pledge or a person’s word of honor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

I flashed back to two years ago, when I’d thought she was going to take the pledge to Artemis and become a Hunter.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

Don Bacon, a Nebraska Republican, and Josh Gottheimer, a New Jersey Democrat, are asking House members for written pledges that they won’t block midterm winners from taking their seats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Turkey is curating an "action agenda" alongside the negotiations that encourages countries to support non-binding pledges on issues from artificial intelligence to waste management.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

In one food group I follow, posts about AI restaurant marketing increasingly read like miniature boycott pledges.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

The union's general secretary Ian Lawrence questioned government pledges to increase probation staff to deal with the influx of released prisoners, telling the BBC he had "heard it all before".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

He had schoolkids sign pledges to turn off the TV and devote two hours to their homework each night.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Albania's capital Tirana saw clashes for a fifth straight day Saturday as protesters demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama, who pledged to listen to their criticism.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Members have pledged to expedite the remaining releases of around 100 million barrels, including around 20 million barrels of diesel, the IEA said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The BBC had initially pledged to build the show a new studio in the Tea Factory, the corporation's new hub in Digbeth, central Birmingham.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

The leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party, which has millions of social media followers, have pledged to continue their protests until Kumar steps down.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

"I will do as I pledged," Ser Cleos replied stiffly.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Investment in the industry has surged, with US tech giants including Google, Amazon and Meta pledging to pour more than $650bn into AI projects this year.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

With voter anxiety growing, the heads of major AI companies signed a White House accord on September 29 pledging independent audits and board-level oversight of cutting-edge models.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Gwynne Shotwell, president of SpaceX, is pledging more than two million shares to children between ages 11 and 17 who live in lower-income areas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Amazon released a memo from AWS CEO Matt Garman Friday acknowledging local backlash to AI data centers and pledging over $1 billion in additional community investment over five years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

If we didn’t, it meant dismissal from pledging.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers