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a well deserved promotion for a hard worker
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England looked certain to be exiting the tournament in the last 16 after Ivan Schranz had given Slovakia a deserved first-half lead, but Bellingham stepped up in the 95th minute to equalize with a superb bicycle kick and send the game into extra time.
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George Ramsay, CNN, 30 June 2024
To me, this kind of momentum is increasingly rare – and entirely deserved.
—Christine Werthman, Billboard, 26 June 2024
And by rights, its acknowledgement of such a greatly deserved commemoration is well overdue.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 21 June 2024
To a man, the Celtics gave Dallas the deserved credit.
—Bill Speros, Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2024
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George Ramsay, CNN, 30 June 2024
To me, this kind of momentum is increasingly rare – and entirely deserved.
—Christine Werthman, Billboard, 26 June 2024
And by rights, its acknowledgement of such a greatly deserved commemoration is well overdue.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 21 June 2024
To a man, the Celtics gave Dallas the deserved credit.
—Bill Speros, Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2024
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deserved
adjective
de·served
-ˈzərvd 
: of, relating to, or being that which one deserves
a deserved punishment
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