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as in agreed
to come to an arrangement as to a course of action
a traditional rule held that a husband could not enter into a covenant with his wife, because that was the equivalent of covenanting with himself
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as in promised
to make a solemn declaration of intent
the home buyers had to covenant that they would restore and keep the house for at least 10 years in exchange for a low mortgage rate
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James McCann, a senior economist at Edward Jones, agreed.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026 -
It was previously agreed the Earth at its core was liquid, and now she's discovered that that's actually not true.—
Carol Sutton Lewis,
Scientific American,
3 Apr. 2026
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Trump promised early on that the war would likely not last beyond six weeks.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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Vance promised that the spike is temporary and prices will fall after the war has ended.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
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It’s believed that the list of teams that get competitive balance picks is collectively bargained.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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Nurses in Los Angeles bargained for the right to override AI decisions that would be bad for their patients.—
Alexander McCoy,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2026
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OpenAI’s founders vowed not to privilege speed over safety, and the organization’s articles of incorporation made benefitting humanity a legally binding duty.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Before redistricting, that seat, the 49th Congressional District, had been the region’s most competitive, and with Desmond in the race, Republicans had vowed to direct considerable resources to beating Levin.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Anthropic swore never to stand between military officials and B2B SaaS influencer slop.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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When calls went to a wrong number or voicemail, Krishnamoorthi swore at staffers and demanded new phone numbers, one former campaign staffer said.—
Dan Petrella,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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Within minutes of Trump signing the order, top election officials in Oregon and Arizona, two states that rely heavily on mail ballots, pledged to sue, arguing that the president was illegally encroaching on the right of states to run elections.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Trump pledged to do right by farmers, who had already been buffeted by his erratic tariff regime and Chinese retaliation.—
Idrees Kahloon,
The Atlantic,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Covenanted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/covenanted. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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