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as in bargaining
to come to an arrangement as to a course of action
a traditional rule held that a husband could not enter into a covenant with his wife, because that was the equivalent of covenanting with himself
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as in vowing
to make a solemn declaration of intent
the home buyers had to covenant that they would restore and keep the house for at least 10 years in exchange for a low mortgage rate
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The two parties have been in a standoff for several weeks now, essentially since mid-March when the writers began bargaining with the major studios on a new film and TV contract.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
17 Apr. 2026 -
Both labor groups, plus the police and fire unions, are currently bargaining with city leaders over new multi-year contracts.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
13 Apr. 2026
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For now, some lenders are vowing to stick to the bread-and-butter basics of lending.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
2 May 2026
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He was elected to become the Orleans Parish clerk of criminal court in November, vowing to fix the system that failed him.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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His only regret from this first term is agreeing to use $5 million of American Rescue Plan Act money to renovate the Memorial Opera House.—
Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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While agreeing that the FPV drones were a new challenge, Zehavi cautioned against overstating their impact.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Apr. 2026
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The trio has also pored over California’s vintage newspapers, which are newly digitized, to find old mining companies’ reports on promising hot spots.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Some findings are promising—but more research is needed For other potential uses of medical marijuana, the evidence is fuzzier.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
4 May 2026
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Davidson, 54, became the subject of numerous documentaries, and in 2019, made headlines for unintentionally swearing at Queen Elizabeth II while receiving an award for his advocacy work.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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Some incidents included use-of-force and other behavioral concerns, including discussions over whether to provide bodycam where deputies were swearing to the show.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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The McArthur standout was the second Mustang to commit to UM, pledging in March.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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Hernandez campaigned as a foe of gentrification while pledging to combat homelessness and shift funding from law enforcement to unarmed crisis response teams and other services.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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“Covenanting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/covenanting. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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