deserve
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Supporters say that the change will allow the city to give Angelenos the park and recreation services they deserve.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
The league ought to give these pioneers the recognition they deserve.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
He is still an adult, and I think I deserve the same respect I give him.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
"Just because you choose to live in a small town doesn't mean that you deserve less access to health care," she said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
I guess I deserve her hating me more than anybody.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
"Every Alaskan deserves a fair election, and they're going to get one," US Attorney Michael Heyman told reporters in Anchorage.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
A gripping series has the finale it deserves.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
No father deserves that kind of indifference from his own children.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
It should also prompt some long-overdue reflection on what really deserves to be counted in operating performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
“Not one word. She deserves to have the rest of her time thinking both her grandsons will be fine, Otto.”
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
The win was deserved too, although Chelsea certainly gave them a helping hand with goalkeeper Mike Penders punching the opener into his own net and Cole Palmer sent off for two yellow cards.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Lichtenberg, who said he was now sober, living in a home and working in North Carolina with Lamb, said that Young got what he deserved.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Zuckerberg and Meta have been on the receiving end of a lot of bad headlines over the years, many of them fully deserved.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
These greats built the mecca they needed and deserved, debating its contours, wanting it to last.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
With Garfield and the Stalwarts battling and with Conkling resigning, Guiteau feared that his deserved diplomatic appointment was in peril.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
“In other words, I’ll determine whether or not the person is deserving, and I’ll determine, and I will be very generous.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
"But it taught us that we are capable and deserving of these things after working so hard for all them years."
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Two categories stood out as particularly deserving of further investigation: reproductive symptoms, including changes in menstrual cycles, and problems involving body temperature, such as chills and hot flashes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
This argument is ridiculous, as in deserving of ridicule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
She believes young women are capable, deserving of independence, but she’s still my father’s younger sister, still responsible for me.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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