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• Mother of mercy, can this be the end of phony election claims?
  — Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2023
• The ocean’s gifts of mercy are the scent of food and the mucus trails of her ancestors.
  — Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
• In a show of mercy, Georgia punted to open the third quarter.
  — Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2023
• The Nuggets of three seasons ago finished guests off without a shred of mercy.
  — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2026
• But his moral qualms and the Christian concept of mercy don’t carry much weight here.
  — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 8 Sep. 2023
• The notion of assistance in dying as an act of mercy is centuries old.
  — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2023
• Both come from societies that see tiny acts of mercy as a terrifying risk.
  — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025
• Something about this one note prompted even this pitiful creature to a risky gesture of mercy.
  — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 14 May 2025
• Here sounding like a deathbed plea shot through with visitations from the angel of mercy.
  — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 14 Oct. 2024
• This ends up being a wise act of mercy, as Aguilar ends up being a helpful ally by the end of the episode.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
• Yeoh plays Guanyin, the goddess of mercy, who doles out wisdom to Wei-Chin.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 25 May 2023
• Such acts of mercy may be a better way to end America’s cycles of mass shooting.
  — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 25 Apr. 2025
• Biden doesn't realize this now, but his act of mercy will resound through me, bearing fruit that will outlive his time on this earth.
  — George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
• That quality of mercy was nowhere to be seen — the tariffs appear sweeping and severe.
  — Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
• These acts of mercy, modeled on the mercy of Christ, are intended to show us simply how to live our faith.
  — Judy Knotts, Austin American-Statesman, 15 July 2024
• This is at best a sin of omission and, at worst, an act of mercy that aids these groups in appealing to more mainstream audiences.
  — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 20 June 2023
• But the workings of mercy ended up being more interesting to me.
  — Jane Ciabattari september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
• His pardon of Hunter was an act of mercy, but his handling of it was a reminder of just how far our politics still has to go.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
• In that unpaid act of mercy, Oebanda-Pacis found her calling.
  — Natalia Paradies, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
• If the older sibling offers a payment plan, that should be considered an act of mercy, not an obligation.
  — Lydia Patrick, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
• In a show of mercy, Boston ran out the clock without attempting a shot on its final two possessions.
  — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
• For Americans long on pain and short on hope, RAM is a ray of mercy in the darkness.
  — Scott Pelley, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
• The doors closed, sparing Sam from making a false promise, a small favor on a night that hadn’t offered her any semblance of mercy.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2025
• Going back to its English monarchical origins, a pardon has long been conceived as an act of mercy.
  — Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 9 June 2023
• Going back to its English monarchical origins, a pardon has long been conceived as an act of mercy.
  — Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2023
• The pardon thus serves to assert the Duke’s power rather than to enact a less self-interested form of mercy.
  — Bernadette Meyler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
• But Kwei, in the first display of mercy or kindness that Dek has ever seen, refuses to slay his own brother.
  — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2025
• Pope Francis’s leadership is deeply rooted in the principle of mercy.
  — Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
• For his other sins, Balzac doesn’t let Lucien off so easily, but that one act of mercy may well be the thing that redeems him in our eyes.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Sep. 2021
• Perhaps this is Mazin and Druckmann's way of telling the audience that sometimes acts of mercy can look an awful lot like acts of vengeance.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 12 Mar. 2023