the Pledge of Allegiance
noun phrase
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: a formal promise of loyalty to the United States that groups of people say together
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Lopez, whose parents are Puerto Rican, performed at President Biden’s inauguration in 2021, reciting part of the Pledge of Allegiance in Spanish.
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Judy Kurtz, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2024
It was recorded by the prisoners over a phone and included President Donald Trump reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.
—David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2025
Everyone joined hands in a circle to pray and say the Pledge of Allegiance, then Nicole opened the floor for recently released J6ers to speak.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
In 1892 — in the run-up to the Chicago World’s Fair marking the 400th anniversary of Columbus arriving in America — Francis Bellamy, a Baptist minister’s son from upstate New York, wrote the Pledge of Allegiance, a version of which is recited by many American school children to this day.
—Katrin Bennhold, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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Judy Kurtz, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2024
It was recorded by the prisoners over a phone and included President Donald Trump reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.
—David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2025
Everyone joined hands in a circle to pray and say the Pledge of Allegiance, then Nicole opened the floor for recently released J6ers to speak.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
In 1892 — in the run-up to the Chicago World’s Fair marking the 400th anniversary of Columbus arriving in America — Francis Bellamy, a Baptist minister’s son from upstate New York, wrote the Pledge of Allegiance, a version of which is recited by many American school children to this day.
—Katrin Bennhold, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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