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As The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski wrote Friday, “Durant’s public and private criteria for the free-agent selection process have pertained to a singular focus: the chance to win titles immediately.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2016

Had England escaped in that match, or even scratched a win, then the status quo would have pertained, and almost certainly Flower would neither have sought nor been offered the role of director of cricket.

From The Guardian • Jan. 7, 2011

Now if they had befallen him when a private citizen, they would have pertained to him alone, but since he was consul they had a bearing on all alike.

From Dio's Rome, Volume 3 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus by Foster, Herbert Baldwin

Comparable considerations have pertained in relations between societies.

From One Common Faith by Baha'i International Community

These things have pertained to you since your birth: they are part of you, and you of them.

From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Lever, Charles James