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In time, however, it becomes evident that their personal interests don’t entirely conform to the public interest, and a backlash grows.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

It said India's construction of hydroelectric projects on the Indus and associated rivers had to conform to the 1960 treaty.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

And, most importantly, as a washed-up hipster living in central Brooklyn, I am surrounded by fans of Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur—two teams I also know nothing about—and I simply refuse to conform to that coalition.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

Other coroners linked fatalities to e-bikes and e-scooters that did not conform to UK safety standards.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

In our way, we conform as best we can to the rest of nature.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

Much like a restaurant franchisee, developers in return can brand their projects as a Trump tower, so long as it conforms to various design and service standards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

This conforms with polling, which estimates his name recognition at 6 percent.

From Slate ● May 13, 2026

That is an unlikely scenario, but one being discussed in golfing quarters - DeChambeau rarely conforms to the norm.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

While backing France's right to impose such a ban, the European Commission in January said that any enforcement would lie with the European Union, provided the bill conforms to the bloc's laws.

From Barron's ● Mar. 31, 2026

At a very early period she had apprehended instinctively the dual fife— that outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

When the time came to actually run it, Kerr and his team made sure that everything conformed to competition specifications so his time would count as an actual record, not a stunt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

That dwarfed the offerings of Morocco, which had no existing stadiums that conformed to tournament specifications and would need to spend upwards of $15 billion to prepare for a World Cup.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

When researchers applied a small electrical potential, the cornea gradually softened and conformed to the shape of the lens.

From Science Daily ● May 28, 2026

That followed a dispute with the UK government, which refused to grant the scheme the go-ahead unless it conformed to a UK-wide approach excluding glass.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025

The man who glowered before him conformed to the classic stereotype of Marine barber Ben had envisioned in his mind: the face was saturnine, pock-marked, and the mouth was grim.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

The author recalls an interview he did with the herpetologist: Despite this account not conforming to reality, “everything Wells was telling me made perfect sense,” he writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Johnson is so concerned with conforming to the auspicious, nostalgic idea of who Bourdain was that he makes his biopic far too safe.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

The 30-year mortgage rate for jumbo loans — mortgages that exceed conforming balances of $832,750 — also rose to 6.72%, up 2 basis points from a week prior.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

But then "people started conforming to behave in ways that would not show racism. That doesn't mean that it's now absent", she adds.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

I tie my shoes in a hurry, pull on a jacket, and sprint out of the room, catching up to the line of initiates quickly, conforming my pace to theirs.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth