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was deserved
verb
To be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to be worthy to have.
synonyms
Exact(8)
The embarrassment was deserved.
But it was deserved.
"The hype was deserved," Johnson said.
Perhaps more astonishingly, its success was deserved.
Not everyone thinks that bonus was deserved.
In some cases this hype was deserved.
When Víctor Casadesús scored, it was deserved.
On the victory, Klopp had earlier said: "It was deserved.
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