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deserve

[dih-zurv] / dɪˈzɜrv /


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The Reds won four of those, Nottingham Forest - who could argue they also deserve a spot on the list - went back-to-back and Aston Villa completed the haul.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

The soldiers who will serve under these officers deserve leaders who have spent their college years preparing for that responsibility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

"These are issues that deserve time, consultations, discussion and respect," Macron said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

“I feel like my life has been so unexpected. I’m still trying to tell myself I deserve this,” Wolf said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

But they deserve to know everything about what’s happened to our families.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

One possibility that deserves closer examination is disruption of the gut microbiome, the community of microorganisms living in the digestive system.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

America’s Corps of Cadets deserves public support, but it will require a deliberate structure and plan to be successful.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

No position on the U.S. team is as wide open as goalkeeper, and Kochen has shown he deserves to be in the conversation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

They said: "Used well, technology can be a powerful tool to support learners who need it and free up teachers to deliver the excellent education every child deserves."

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

“Glenn Burke doesn’t get the credit he deserves because a lie drowned out the truth, his truth.”

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner

If I believed he deserved affection, did I believe the same about myself?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

We no longer believed we deserved and had earned our greatness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

It was something Bellamy had addressed and admitted in his press conference prior to the game, accepting he deserved scrutiny.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

He perhaps didn't earn the number of England caps his talent deserved.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

At 10:30, an hour into trading, every financial stock went into a free fall, whether it deserved to or not.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

He was relentlessly self-documenting, building much of his public persona on social media, where he posed with piles of cash and announced the cars and money he gave to people whom he considered deserving.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Making the playoffs in Major League Baseball is supposed to be a mark of excellence, a reward given only to the most deserving for enduring the grueling marathon of 162 games in roughly 180 days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

"In the 1840 narrative, Byfield sought to impress wealthy patrons by presenting himself as a dutiful soldier and deserving veteran," O'Keeffe says.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

I got so much love and so much support for that show, but I didn’t feel deserving of it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Of all the wishes people had brought him—money, love, revenge—this seemed to him the most poignant and the one most deserving of fulfillment.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison


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