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as in remained
to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time
refused to abide where it was clear that he wasn't wanted
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as in lived
to have a home
the charming fantasy that fairies abide in the cup-shaped flowers dotting the woodland floor
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as in tolerated
to put up with (something painful or difficult)
cannot abide being in huge crowds
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as in continued
to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state
the village's once-honored ways no longer abide and now exist only in the memories of a few elders
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Recent Examples of abided
The sturgeon is an armored beast of a fish that has abided on this planet for at least 120 million years.
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Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
The Saudis in particular have viewed the Iranian regime as a menace that must be abided.
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Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
28 Feb. 2026
Since the rules kicked in on December 10, major platforms have primarily abided, though Reddit is taking its issues legal and Australian media reports Google has threatened to sue.
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Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
30 Dec. 2025
And yet, for a vocal minority, there is something fraudulent about Chloé Zhao’s film that cannot be abided.
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Nate Jones,
Vulture,
19 Dec. 2025
Indian officials have said New Delhi has always abided by international sanctions and would do so in the case of Russia oil purchases.
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Rajesh Roy,
Arkansas Online,
6 Dec. 2025
Indian officials have said New Delhi has always abided by international sanctions and would do so in the case of Russia oil purchases as well.
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CBS News,
5 Dec. 2025
If the game had abided by old kickoff rules, the Pats likely would have settled for a touchback and not provided that exciting moment for fans, nor the momentum boost for themselves.
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Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Almost half of those who abided by boundaries (45%) reported low burnout, compared to 6% of those who struggled to do so.
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Samantha Dewalt,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
The Saudis in particular have viewed the Iranian regime as a menace that must be abided.
—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
28 Feb. 2026
Since the rules kicked in on December 10, major platforms have primarily abided, though Reddit is taking its issues legal and Australian media reports Google has threatened to sue.
—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
30 Dec. 2025
And yet, for a vocal minority, there is something fraudulent about Chloé Zhao’s film that cannot be abided.
—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
19 Dec. 2025
Indian officials have said New Delhi has always abided by international sanctions and would do so in the case of Russia oil purchases.
—
Rajesh Roy,
Arkansas Online,
6 Dec. 2025
Indian officials have said New Delhi has always abided by international sanctions and would do so in the case of Russia oil purchases as well.
—
CBS News,
5 Dec. 2025
If the game had abided by old kickoff rules, the Pats likely would have settled for a touchback and not provided that exciting moment for fans, nor the momentum boost for themselves.
—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Almost half of those who abided by boundaries (45%) reported low burnout, compared to 6% of those who struggled to do so.
—
Samantha Dewalt,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abided
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Opponents remained against the bill even after the recent changes.
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Residents said the latest delay is especially frustrating because the pool also remained closed for much of last summer after a water line ruptured while it was being filled.
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The reason may be the ongoing renovations taking place at Buckingham Palace, but even when those are completed, the King may opt to remain in Clarence House, the London residence where he's lived since the early 2000s.
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Conversations move comfortably between entrepreneurship, investment, business strategy, customer experience, innovation, accessibility, and lived experience.
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Violence against law enforcement will not be tolerated.
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Six years later, an ostensibly secret but broadly tolerated Remonstrant church was established in Delft.
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The Heat began Tuesday by retaining three-point shooting forward Simone Fontecchio in free agency, and then continued to address its need for outside shooting when league-wide free agent negotiations were permitted to begin Tuesday night.
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Still, the landowner had continued to find pieces of wreckage for years.
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The format for Solid Sound has stayed the same for years now, a reliable framework that Tweedy and his bandmates, friends, and family fill out with endless variety.
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That's when witnesses called 911, and the neighbor stayed at the scene to be interviewed by homicide detectives, officials confirmed.
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Inclusion of Osage characters and the perspective of Indigenous peoples who first resided in what became the United States of America, marks another key expansion of Sonnenshine’s storytelling.
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Telepathy has long resided in the realm of science fiction and fantasy, from X-Men’s Professor X to Star Trek’s Vulcan mind meld to Stranger Things’ Eleven.
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The company instead accepted a $111-billion takeover by Paramount Skydance, which was approved by the Justice Department earlier this month.
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Repairs are accepted at any licensed shop nationwide, including facilities certified by the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE-certified).
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Called the Lorimer Burst, after the team leader who discovered it, the flash was far more luminous than anything ever seen like it, and, still more astonishing, the entire event lasted only about 5 milliseconds.
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The court also ordered the defendants to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in fines late Thursday after a trial that lasted more than two years.
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