covenant
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One of Douglass’s early mentors was William Lloyd Garrison, who regarded the Constitution as “a covenant with death” and “an agreement with Hell.”
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 4, 2026
“Do we think that entering into negotiations with Google, Meta and Amazon are closer to making a covenant with God, or making a deal with the devil?” he asked the council.
From Salon β Aug. 3, 2026
Cooper said they are being especially selective about individual credits, choice of manager and covenant protection, but attracted by much higher yields potentially on offer.
From MarketWatch β Apr. 10, 2026
One of these said alterations had been "clearly shown" using Google Earth satellite imagery, which Mr Milne said was a "breach of the aforesaid covenant".
From BBC β Dec. 17, 2025
Immigrants who take the oath are pledging loyalty to the covenant.
From "An Indigenous Peopleβs History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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Netflix has no such covenants seeking approval on business matters prior to the deal closing, Warner said.
From The Wall Street Journal β Feb. 17, 2026
His most affecting songs, such as River and Wait For You, are covenants of support for a friend who's drowning in their troubles.
From BBC β Jan. 6, 2025
With few options to raise revenue for the tribe, individual Agua Caliente members had rented land to newcomers of color who were barred by real estate covenants from living elsewhere in Palm Springs.
From Los Angeles Times β Jun. 16, 2024
Walmart and other major retailers have made the situation even worse by including restrictive covenants in the deeds of old buildings, which prevent other retailers from using the space for competitive purposes.
From Salon β Mar. 27, 2024
But Achilles answered, “Madman. There are no covenants between sheep and wolves, nor between you and me.”
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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Wright and King addressed covenanted congregations with an indomitable faith.
From Salon β Mar. 4, 2019
They did not abandon the ideals of a covenanted people, but focused more on preserving their own colony than reforming all Christendom.
From Textbooks β Jan. 18, 2018
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It held that the sovereign nation does not start with central government but with the local covenanted community – the foedus – which form networks to constitute the nation.
From The Guardian β Sep. 8, 2016
“I think the ethically responsible thing for gay and lesbian Christians to do is to form lasting, covenanted partnerships,” Neff said in a statement to CT.
From Washington Post β Jun. 9, 2015
From all eternity He covenanted and engaged that He would make it.
From Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians by John Charles Ryle
And this might suffice to warrant our covenanting to extirpate this prelacy, save that only.
From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by James Kerr
Under His gracious influence, the bonds of prejudice against covenanting are as green withs and the covenanter stands forth in liberty and in power.
From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by James Kerr
There is no reason to suppose that, seeing that sacrifice and covenanting for a vast length of time, were observed together, they were not coeval.
From The Ordinance of Covenanting by John Cunningham
Then it was that I wrote “Voces Fidelium,” a series of dramatic monologues in verse; then that I indited the bulk of a covenanting novel—like so many others, never finished.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
It is reported to the honour of Judah, in the day of their covenanting with their God; "they had sworn with all their heart, and with their whole desire."
From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by James Kerr
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