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The N.H.L. had accorded shootout wins equal status with regulation and overtime victories since the league instituted shootouts in the 2005-6 season.

From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2010

All independent South American nations had accorded Brazil nonbelligerent status.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the same time, the resounding re-election they had accorded Brandt�a test that France's Georges Pompidou and Britain's Ted Heath have yet to face�affirmed the Chancellor's position as the most powerful man in Western Europe.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet by the end of last week not a single country had accorded diplomatic recognition to the newborn.

From Time Magazine Archive

They won applause, they were looked up to as natural leaders, and the arm of force maintained what the esteem of their fellows had accorded in the first instance.

From Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses by Adler, Felix