follow orders
Example Sentences
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Current and former officials describe him as an unrelenting figure who expects subordinates to follow orders without question.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025
Did he resign in quiet protest rather than follow orders that he saw as unlawful?
From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025
The Portland Police Bureau said it arrested two people on 4 October who engaged "in aggressive behaviour toward each other in the street" and refused to follow orders.
From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025
He’ll also put them through drills showing they can quickly follow orders to paddle forward, backward and stop.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2023
He wasn’t going to follow orders from Worsley or Shackleton or anyone else any longer.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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