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to deserved
verb
To be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to be worthy to have.
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The once-omnipotent Catholic church has been reduced to deserved irrelevance by the appalling scandal of child sexual abuse.
"Ran," which opened here to deserved acclaim in 1985, is a vivid example of how Mr. Kurosawa's style altered during his last two decades.
(Which is: It's true. But you have to show your working. Still, it did bring the phrase "Taniyama-Shimura Conjecture" to deserved popularity).
The pair, who would depart to deserved standing ovations, combined to release Glen Johnson clear of a lazy Christian Eriksen challenge on the right.
7.56pm BST "I'd like to know what Jason Dufner's resting heart-rate is," quips Paul McGinley on the Sky telecast service, to deserved off-mic laughter.
If he had the courage of his great-uncle, he'd have married his "old bag" when she was a girl, left Andrew as heir, retired to deserved obscurity and not ruined the lives of several innocent people.
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