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Recent Examples of law-abiding The foreign freeloaders were totally law-abiding, here to do the jobs Americans wouldn’t do. Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2025 Muslim advocacy groups were incensed by the government’s targeting of their communities for deradicalization programs, blaming CVE for stigmatizing law-abiding families and contributing to anti-Muslim hostility. Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 20 Mar. 2025 The resolution urges the administration to consider new safeguards for law-abiding immigrants who were previously protected by TPS. Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 19 Mar. 2025 Instead, fear and misinformation won the day, leaving law-abiding residents at greater risk. Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for law-abiding

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“Law-abiding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/law-abiding. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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