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But the point is also made quite righteously that the resources behind sports betting, abetted by the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

His father, Simcha Goldin, hailed his son as a "Jewish warrior", while urging tearful mourners to "behave righteously and do not hate one another. That is Hadar's legacy."

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

And I think depending on which prism you look at it through, you're either talking about a person who has been unfairly maligned or misunderstood, who is righteously fighting back.

From Salon • May 29, 2024

Those were some big revelations for me — that even with people I was righteously indignant about, in almost every case, they did more for me than they ever did to me.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2024

A nasty letter or a sarcastic one can make you righteously angry, but what can you do about a polite letter of rejection?

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg