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have abided

  • present perfect of abide.

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It requires those submitting trophy kills to sign an affidavit swearing they have abided by club technology and other restrictions.

From The Wall Street Journal May 5, 2026

In response to the outcry, district officials have set up a fund from which schools can restore positions, while also asserting they have abided by the terms of the contract.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 3, 2024

An overwhelming majority of the municipal government’s more than 330,000 workers have abided by the mandate and gotten their COVID-19 shots.

From Seattle Times Sep. 21, 2022

While the two senators have abided by a de facto nonaggression pact, they are not in frequent communication and there’s no indication that their camps have discussed any joint effort.

From New York Times Jan. 6, 2020

"I am a man," answered I, and she, "Now who brought thee to this place where I have abided five and twenty years without even yet seeing man in it?"

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir