Stood in example sentence

So, in the opening days of 2009, a visionary president stood on the steps of the U.S. Capitol and said, "We cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass, that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve, that, as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself."

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In all three cases, local leaders were willing and able to make peace, the international community stood ready to help them negotiate and implement an agreement, and the institutions have lived up to the promise that they held on the day they were agreed.

And what he stood for was unity, the unity of the family; he's the father of us all.

But it's not just what he stood for, it's what his message was.

For me the policing stood for power to correct, power to prevent and power to detect.

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