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pledged

adjective as in bound

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To those who agreed with him, Bush pledged that the law against same-sex marriage would remain intact.

President Obama pledged an estimated $175 million and sent more than 4,000 troops to help the region regain its footing.

Almost every country present pledged to either adopt a church or rebuild a school.

Almost six years after the deadly quake, little of the money pledged to rebuild the broken city has been anted up.

He pledged that governance is going to be a key focus of the Republican Senate.

As if abstractedly, he now took up the beaker, pledged madame with his glance, and drank.

In former transactions with his wife, he had pledged his word of honour to repay her.

The king heartily pledged him, thanked him for his good cheer, and departed undiscovered.

Many questions have arisen between pledgors and pledgees about their rights to vote the pledged stock.

Sahib, they did not hesitate; one and all pledged themselves to follow me, and die with me should it be their fate.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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