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In a bank someone must always be able to reconstruct a decision, for an auditor, a regulator or a wronged customer, and an agent that cannot show its working is a liability dressed as an efficiency.
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Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
The overpowering moral authority of wronged women, #MeToo’s skeptics alleged, would allow cynical wrongdoers to weaponize claims of victimhood for their own gain.
—Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 9 June 2026
The wronged wife can acknowledge or ignore the presence of the other woman, who may be mourning the death of the man as much or more than his wife is.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026
Almost all the Indian adaptations of Wuthering Heights fall on the side of depicting the Heathcliff character as a wronged lover who is ultimately in the right; here’s one that leans more toward his villainy, resulting in something slightly less predictable, if still quite silly at times.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
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Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
The overpowering moral authority of wronged women, #MeToo’s skeptics alleged, would allow cynical wrongdoers to weaponize claims of victimhood for their own gain.
—Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 9 June 2026
The wronged wife can acknowledge or ignore the presence of the other woman, who may be mourning the death of the man as much or more than his wife is.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026
Almost all the Indian adaptations of Wuthering Heights fall on the side of depicting the Heathcliff character as a wronged lover who is ultimately in the right; here’s one that leans more toward his villainy, resulting in something slightly less predictable, if still quite silly at times.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
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“Wronged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wronged. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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