Ought
Right
Right noun - Something to which one has a just claim.
Both words in one sentence
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They ought to join him, but instead everyone hates him, even though he's only trying to do what's right.
Source: Comicbook / Red Skull - You can get right up in his face, which ought to count as tagging him out, but the game ignores it.
- If it's not okay, then we still don't have the moral high ground and ought to be killed off for being monsters in our own right.
Source: Analysis / Shakugan no Shana
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