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covenant

[kuhv-uh-nuhnt] / ˈkʌv Ι™ nΙ™nt /




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The property sits above the street on two lots which have been tied together through a covenant, and has 13,930 square feet of exterior space.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

Now, he’s suing USC for promissory estoppel, fraud, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing and negligent misrepresentation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

To do otherwise is to betray the covenant between California taxpayers and the UC system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

“When physicians prioritize access to power over ethical judgment, they often break the foundational covenant of medicine,” she wrote.

From Salon ● May 19, 2026

In a religious context, a covenant refers to an agreement a group of believers feels their deity has made with them.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Some credit covenants have become “a little too weak,” there’s been a bit too much pump-priming of good assets — “a little too much pushing on it,” Dimon said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Other concerns include covenants in Paramount’s offer that Warner said are overbearing and would hurt its ability to operate the company prior to a deal closing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026

The order bans new restrictive covenants which prohibit land being used for a supermarket.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2025

Such projects require that tenants play a meaningful role in running their properties, encourage tenant ownership and include covenants that keep buildings permanently affordable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2024

“I have made covenants that will place me in a position of unfathomable power. After biding my time for long years, I feel my hour of triumph at hand. The evening star is rising.”

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

A truly covenanted society cannot punish someone who hasn’t been convicted in such a process.

From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2024

Falcicchio said units covenanted through the program must remain affordable for at least 15 years at or below 80 percent of the area median family income, with the incentive determined by affordability, among other factors.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2021

They did not abandon the ideals of a covenanted people, but focused more on preserving their own colony than reforming all Christendom.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018

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 ● Sep. 8, 2016

“My own rent unfurnished—repairs covenanted in the lease—price of the furniture—interest thereon—well, I could say two hundred pounds per annum.”

From The Child Wife by Mayne Reid

Coming home, we had lots of fun: even George Brown, a covenanting old chap, caught its spirit.

From British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 by J. L. (John Lyle) Morison

Since Charles II. had come to play the sorry part of a covenanting king in 1650 no sovereign of the country had set foot on Scottish soil.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various

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

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

And now I will tell you," said I, "how it seems to me God's covenanting with parents for their children came to pass.

From Bertha and Her Baptism by Nehemiah Adams


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