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The reality, however, is that international football's governing bodies have decreed the game must go ahead, whether anyone likes it or not.

From BBC Mar. 30, 2026

Her choreography includes gestures that draw attention to their hair, as if to defy Iranian authorities who have decreed women must hide their hair under scarves in public.

From Reuters Nov. 17, 2022

The tournament is important because those involved have decreed it to be important.

From New York Times Apr. 15, 2022

Even so, who are "they", the shadowy cabal of pop pickers who have decreed that Bonnie will sing Believe In Me at the contest in Malmö in May?

From The Guardian Mar. 7, 2013

But the Fates have decreed he will also be the most vulnerable.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan