Example Sentences

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The MAS said it was too early to tell if all the financial institutions involved in the scandal had adhered to its stringent requirements on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism.

From Reuters • Sep. 26, 2023

In different ways, they had adhered to a maxim of the great wartime photographer, Robert Capa, that Mr. Muratov cited in his Nobel acceptance speech: “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you aren’t close enough.”

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2023

We do wish, however, that The Post had adhered to guidelines from the church to the media concerning the proper use of the church’s name.

From Washington Post • May 6, 2022

In 1973 the APA reversed a ruling it had adhered to for more than two decades.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2021

It were, therefore, to be wished, that he had adhered more closely to the Roman poet, or, like Moliere, deviated from him still farther.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John