Example Sentences

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It reenacts the Prophet Abraham's stoning of the devil at three places where Satan is said to have tried to dissuade him from obeying God's command to sacrifice his son Ishmael.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

Pasha said he was instructed to film and send proof to the authorities that the school was obeying the new curriculum.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

However, the Nuremberg tribunals after World War II established in international law that obeying an unlawful order does not absolve an individual of responsibility for atrocities.

From Slate • Dec. 3, 2025

Binance set up Binance.US in 2019 as a bare-bones American platform obeying U.S. rules.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

And, obeying him, Ladd pushed open the door.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols