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are abiding

  • present progressive of abide.

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In a response to questions for this article, Srinivasan wrote on X that the Instagram post was a hoax, and that “we respect Malaysia’s sovereignty and are abiding by all Malaysian law.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

The treaty further allows international inspectors to verify whether countries are abiding with this limit.

From Slate Feb. 19, 2026

The hurdle the museum has left itself to clear, the lawyers said, is convincing a court that they are abiding by the Florida statute overseeing restricted charitable gifts.

From New York Times May 21, 2024

The executive order requires foreign governments receiving military aid to provide written assurances that they are abiding by the laws of war.

From BBC Feb. 9, 2024

Vast, countless hosts of intelligences, though vailed from our outer vision, may be, and evidences are very strong that such ever are abiding dwellers above, below, around, and in the midst of earth’s corporeal inhabitants.

From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Putnam, Allen