deserved
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It said "each child and mother at St Monica's deserved the utmost care" and added "cruel or incompetent practices should have been prevented".
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
American leaders usually take that moment of deserved honor and gratitude to pay homage to the dead and wax poetic about the values and the ideals for which they died.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
“He was really good — certainly deserved better,” Roberts said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
It was, in the most literal sense, an editorial board convened to decide what deserved to be believed.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
“His trust! That—that—man . . .” He deserved to be called worse, but in the wood-paneled office, I couldn’t debase myself to use the words that were on the tip of my tongue.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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