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Although King Harkinian is pretty much an omnivore, as much as a human being could ever be, his favourite food is by far the fabled Munf Munf cereal. One curious exception to his habit of eating everything that's on the dinner table is spaghetti, which he loathes deeply, decreeing that nobody bring it into Hyrule Castle. Luigi and Mario are the only people banned from the Hyrule Kingdom for life for violating this order.
Source: tatoeba (4401896)
Bouteflika was decreeing more freedom to himself.
Source: tatoeba (8560177)
All the time she suffered no pain, and also she suffered none in giving birth to her son, for pious women are not included in the curse pronounced upon Eve, decreeing sorrow in conception and in childbearing.
Source: tatoeba (9957208)
In addition, wages for some auto workers in Mexico are likely to climb sharply, with the agreement decreeing that 40 to 45 percent of the auto content must be produced by workers earning $16 or more an hour.
Source: tatoeba (12111845)
Closest matches include announcing, authoritative, autocratic, command, commanding.
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