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- adjective Alternative spelling of
dutybound .
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- adjective under a moral obligation to do something
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Examples
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As the Iranian regime and Maliki keenly await another opportunity to perpetrate more crimes against Ashraf residents, the US is duty-bound to reassume their protection in line with its obligations under the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Ali Safavi: WikiLeaks Disclosures and the Historic Opportunity on Iran Ali Safavi 2010
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The leagues contend they would be duty-bound to protect their solvent member clubs if those who had spent beyond their means were to default on any part of their transfer debts.
Inland Revenue risks 'own goal' with challenge to insolvency rule 2011
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As the Iranian regime and Maliki keenly await another opportunity to perpetrate more crimes against Ashraf residents, the US is duty-bound to reassume their protection in line with its obligations under the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Ali Safavi: WikiLeaks Disclosures and the Historic Opportunity on Iran Ali Safavi 2010
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It is true that fee-based advisers have fewer conflicts of interest than the typical broker, and it is true that fiduciaries are duty-bound to act in more-responsible ways than, say, my ex-brokerage house, Merrill Lynch.
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As the Iranian regime and Maliki keenly await another opportunity to perpetrate more crimes against Ashraf residents, the US is duty-bound to reassume their protection in line with its obligations under the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Ali Safavi: WikiLeaks Disclosures and the Historic Opportunity on Iran Ali Safavi 2010
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As the Iranian regime and Maliki keenly await another opportunity to perpetrate more crimes against Ashraf residents, the US is duty-bound to reassume their protection in line with its obligations under the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Ali Safavi: WikiLeaks Disclosures and the Historic Opportunity on Iran Ali Safavi 2010
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It is true that fee-based advisers have fewer conflicts of interest than the typical broker, and it is true that fiduciaries are duty-bound to act in more-responsible ways than, say, my ex-brokerage house, Merrill Lynch.
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The weather Saturday and Sunday was very warm (actually made the low 90s F on Sunday), and we felt duty-bound to get out of the house.
Exit, Stage Left sovay 2009
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As the Iranian regime and Maliki keenly await another opportunity to perpetrate more crimes against Ashraf residents, the US is duty-bound to reassume their protection in line with its obligations under the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Ali Safavi: WikiLeaks Disclosures and the Historic Opportunity on Iran Ali Safavi 2010
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Thus, while Holder may not like military commissions, he is obliged to make them work, just as any attorney general who disagrees, as a private citizen, with the policy behind a given law is duty-bound to resist undermining that law in his official capacity.
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