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The comments made by these students were especially offensive and racist and deserve condemnation. — al.com, "Hoover trying to end hate speech that disrupts school," 4 June 2019 No coaching staff, no group of girls, deserves this more. — Matt Le Cren, Naperville Sun, "Back from the brink: Benet rallies for 2A state title in girls soccer after being 106 seconds away from defeat," 4 June 2019 Add some pitching because the hard work of Arenado and Story deserves it. — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, "Newman vs. Kiz: How much would it cost the Rockies to trade for Marcus Stroman?," 3 June 2019 Use that fiery passion to vote instead of tweet, because 1) voting actually matters, and 2) Luke really doesn't deserve folks threatening to take away his country card. — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, "'American Idol' Fans Ripped Judge Luke Bryan's Tweet to SHREDS After Last Night's Eliminations," 16 Apr. 2019 Jeff Bezos is at $164 billion because ... Does Jeff Bezos deserve $164 billion? — Eric Johnson, Recode, "American capitalism broke in the 1980s. Can it be fixed?," 7 Nov. 2018 Capitalists believe that those who do well, deserve it. — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, "What is Capitalism?," 7 Jan. 2019 Baby2Baby provides children ages 0-12 living in poverty with the necessities every child deserves. — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, "Are Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Looking for a Family Home in California?," 5 May 2019 Her throbbing angry forehead vein alone deserves an Emmy nomination. — refinery29.com, "This Is Keri Russell's Time To Shine — Welcome To The Russell-ution, Comrades," 13 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'deserve.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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