commit
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United will be hoping that Pochettino's arrival will persuade Fernandes to commit his future to the club.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
“He believes that abuse of any individual is unacceptable, and that those who commit such conduct should face accountability,” the statement continued.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026
“I feel pretty good, man!” the 6-0, 215-pound Stanford commit said as he took the field for pregame warmups but he remained in uniform on the sideline all game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
The term refers to students who commit to an institution in the spring, then don’t show up in the fall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
I agree with your theory, M. Bouc, and so, I think,does M. Poirot, although he does not wish to commit himself.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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To reduce melt, the school is tapping faculty to engage with students during the summer, increasing student-to-student conversations for commits, and introducing free tuition for qualifying students.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
The sentence means Brown will not be imprisoned unless he commits another offence during the 12-month period of suspension.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
The decree commits the merged studio to release 30 movies in each of the first two years of the deal, and 32 in each of the following three years.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
“We know that’s ridiculous. But at the same time, if the actor commits to it, it makes it seem real, then the audience gets it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
‘For God’s dang sake, Sal, shet up fore some jedge commits you to Milledgeville.’
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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Groupon remains committed to its new course—with some adjustments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
The company is committed to resolving the Tractor Wheels situation correctly, he added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
Five offences would be removed from a list of crimes which will show up in background for checks for life if committed by an adult.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
Nvidia has also committed to buying $10 billion worth of shares in Anthropic’s IPO next week.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
People who worry about seeming sufficiently committed to medicine probably aren’t sufficiently committed to medicine.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Ministers say they are committing £4.1bn over the next four years to support the delivery of "around 36,000 affordable homes".
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
Its stratospheric costs have also been underlined, with Anthropic committing hundreds of billions of dollars to computing capacity.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026
At bottom, Sotomayor explained, the parishes want to “reject a child because their parents are homosexual,” and they want “an official statement by the state” committing to “subsidize” that rejection “with public money.”
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
“If you don’t buy them then you’re not committing to them. Therefore, you are not committing to being old,” she says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
“Well, to give you an example—we find a woman’s handkerchief. Did a woman drop it? Or did a man, committing the crime, say to himself ‘I will make this look like a woman’s crime.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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