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Allegedly speaking from the highway where the group were stopped, he said they had been "abiding by the peaceful laws of the United States' federal courts".

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2021

The attorney, John Lavigne, noted that Sayles had been abiding parole conditions.

From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2017

So at the command of the Marshal de Retz they sent to bring forth Margaret of Douglas and Maud Lindesay out of the White Tower, where they had been abiding.

From The Black Douglas by Richards, Frank

The Spirit of God had been abiding in His holy infancy and growing youth, but now it came in larger measure for new needs and His Messiah's work.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Maclaren, Alexander

When we journeyed to Beth-lehem, and had been abiding there for seventy days, another vision was vouchsafed me, like unto the former.

From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 2 by Szold, Henrietta