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Recent Examples of amnesty Hamas fighters who lay down their arms will also be given amnesty and allowed to leave Gaza under the plan. Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025 Hamas fighters who renounce fighting and wish to remain in Gaza will be granted amnesty, while others can take advantage of safe passage to third countries. Laura Kelly, The Hill, 3 Oct. 2025 Hamas also did not address the offer of amnesty for its members who pledged to coexistence. Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025 For decades, generals, coup-plotters, and torturers walked free under the shield of amnesty laws passed after the country’s 21-year dictatorship. Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for amnesty
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Noun
  • Don’t ask for permission, beg for forgiveness.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Becoming a psychologist taught me a great deal about healing, forgiveness and grace – and how all of that must start with ourselves.
    Angela Kenzslowe, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In what appeared to have been one of his last acts before leaving the country, Rajoelina issued pardons to several people on Sunday, including two French nationals, according to an internal document seen by Reuters whose contents were verified by a presidency source.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Polling shows the mass pardons were unpopular.
    Cameron Schoppa, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025

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