as in to follow
to act according to the commands of
she taught her dog to obey her when she said "Sit!" most people obey the law and wear their seat belts
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Insurance companies can use data to see how many times people exceeded a speed limit or obeyed other traffic laws.
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Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 13 Aug. 2024
Since police arrested her twice this spring at UCLA — accusing her of failing to obey orders to leave pro-Palestinian encampments — Asil Yassine has spent the summer navigating court dates and uncertainties.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
But behavior that counted as anti-Trump could be little more than an instance of someone obeying the law or observing ordinary bureaucratic procedure.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
The district attorney’s office charged the 26 with trespassing to interfere with a business, obstruction of a thoroughfare, unlawful assembly, refusal to disperse at a riot, failure to obey the orders of police and 38 counts of false imprisonment.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
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Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 13 Aug. 2024
Since police arrested her twice this spring at UCLA — accusing her of failing to obey orders to leave pro-Palestinian encampments — Asil Yassine has spent the summer navigating court dates and uncertainties.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
But behavior that counted as anti-Trump could be little more than an instance of someone obeying the law or observing ordinary bureaucratic procedure.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
The district attorney’s office charged the 26 with trespassing to interfere with a business, obstruction of a thoroughfare, unlawful assembly, refusal to disperse at a riot, failure to obey the orders of police and 38 counts of false imprisonment.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
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“Obey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obey. Accessed 16 Sep. 2024.
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