principles

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Dos Santos dismissed the idea that the problem is solely related to the tactical scheme and insisted that the most important change involves reclaiming aggressive principles with and without the ball.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

But while he holds fundamental principles that have served him well for many decades, he is still able to quickly tweak his tactics to best suit new signings and deal with unexpected challenges.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Franklin Roosevelt tied it directly to the war against fascism, and the Cold War challenged Americans to live up to the Declaration’s principles.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Romero explains how the Supreme Court is essentially treating Callais “as a stand-in for principles that the justices either did not discuss in that case or flat-out claimed to reject.”

From Slate • May 21, 2026

Our starting point in Chapter 5 is the invention of perspective painting, which involved the application of geometrical principles to pictorial representation.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton