Example Sentences

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"Largely but not totally, people have been adhering to guidance and that must continue over the winter months until we get back," he added.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2021

“The majors, so far, have been adhering to capital discipline, but they haven’t been on the front foot in terms of shareholder returns.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 27, 2018

They refute the claims, and officials admit that they appear to have been adhering to the law since then, but a court date is pending.

From The Guardian • Aug. 13, 2017

Soon, however, little bubbles appear upon the electrodes, and these grow larger and larger, until they detach themselves from the platinum to which they have been adhering, float up to the surface and burst.

From Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science by Corbin, Thomas W.