For roughly a century after the Constitution was ratified, private property, contracts and free internal trade within the United States were respected.
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Steve H. Hanke,
Fortune,
1 July 2026
He was respected throughout the locker room.
—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2026
The 23-year-old box-to-box midfielder, a Valencia academy product with 118 top-flight appearances, is admired by Barca's Sporting Director Deco for his all-around play and goal-scoring ability.
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Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
The floral still life was so admired that Caroline Louise, Margravine of Baden, spent three years trying to acquire it through her Paris agent.
Both companies have long been esteemed for their practices in ethical aquaculture.
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Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2026
In Britain between the 1940s and the 1980s, university professors, especially those from Oxford and Cambridge, were esteemed not merely for their specialist knowledge or pedagogical value but for their wider contribution to civic life.
Butler relished the idea of Lendeborg’s first meeting with his veteran teammates.
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Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
25 June 2026
As Fed chair, Greenspan relished poring over obscure economic data, from monthly boxcar loadings to steel production, all in a bid to assess where the economy was going.
Lage may not quite be a household name, but he’s revered in musician circles, and is generally considered one of the most talented and versatile players on the planet.
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Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
25 June 2026
Washington, Lincoln, Gandhi, and Mandela are revered globally and celebrated in their own lands.
Based on projections, Iran is still fancied to progress but if Algeria-Austria is a draw in Group J, a result that sends both through, DR Congo beats Uzbekistan and Croatia gets at least a point against Ghana, then the Iranians are out.
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Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
27 June 2026
The problem with Dolan, this person confided, was that the owner fancied himself knowledgeable about basketball.
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