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Recent Examples of law-abiding But in fact, the Democrats are just scattering these career criminals into previously peaceful, law-abiding communities. Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 8 Oct. 2025 Getaway cars very rarely are known for their safe, law-abiding driving. Tom Smyth, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025 Insist that the federal government deploy those resources to get the violent offenders who are killing, assaulting and robbing law-abiding citizens on the city’s South and West sides. Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025 That question is of critical importance to tens of millions of law-abiding AR–15 owners throughout the country. Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for law-abiding
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obedient
Adjective
  • There’s a difference, school leaders said, between building the confidence of girls, whom society expects to be obedient and agreeable, and building the confidence of boys, who get different societal messages.
    Melanie Asmar, Denver Post, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The Tyrell Corporation, a powerful company that created the replicants and profits from sending them to work on distant colonies, sees them as nothing more than obedient workers.
    Claire A. Simmers, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Law-abiding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/law-abiding. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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