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But this feeling was quickly dispelled by excellent characterizations and an attention-grabbing story line that involves the honor-bound Thunder Wolves hunting one of their brothers who was turned by the plague.
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Girls are being bought and sold against their will throughout America every day and we are honor-bound to act to protect them.
Deborah Richardson: Justice FAIL: Lawrence Taylor Walks Free Deborah Richardson 2011
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They are presided over by experienced judges who are honor-bound to hear and apply the law fairly.
In Defense of Military Tribunals Keith Allred 2011
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Since we have, they are honor-bound to use that power wisely, not destabilizingly.
S&P Introduces the Edsel Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011
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Girls are being bought and sold against their will throughout America every day and we are honor-bound to act to protect them.
Deborah Richardson: Justice FAIL: Lawrence Taylor Walks Free Deborah Richardson 2011
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He'd owed the Ringmaster a mermaid, you see, and was honor-bound to protect his own people; he saw my yearning for the sea, singing to the waves, and he contrived to seduce me.
Valentines, part the first mllelaurel 2009
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But this Iraq war vet proves as honor-bound and purpose-driven as Sam Spade.
And Then There Were Ten Tom Nolan 2011
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See, Kendall et.al. have plenty of good therapy years ahead of them and after all the money she's going to make her parents, she'll be practically honor-bound to keep the field of psychology in business.
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Of course, everyone was honor-bound to keep me in the dark.
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Fathers of daughters are conditioned, honor-bound, and genetically wired to intimidate and torture their daughters 'boyfriends.
Rob Densen: Time to Have an Impact Rob Densen 2010
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