Example Sentences

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"Congress has respected it and no one challenged it until now," Stewart said.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

Hannah said she has respected the Kennedy family’s privacy and, like Schlossberg, condemned “self-serving sensationalists trading in gossip, innuendo and speculation.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

Neither side has respected it, but it provides a framework for negotiation.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2024

Canada's probe will also look into whether the company has respected "its obligations with respect to openness and transparency, access, accuracy and accountability".

From Reuters • May 25, 2023

Astronomers, we must allow, have graced these pretended seas with at least odd names, which science has respected up to the present time.

From From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon by Verne, Jules