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In 2013, Queen Elizabeth granted Turing a posthumous royal pardon and Turing's image is now featured on the Bank of England's £ 50 note.—
Courtney Cole,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026 -
The Cuban government announced the pardon of 2,000 prisoners earlier this month, but human-rights organizations said no political prisoners have been released so far.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
12 Apr. 2026
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If the first season was about grief, and the second about forgiveness, this latest chapter is about moving forward, and no character embodies that struggle more profoundly than Paul.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
14 Apr. 2026
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And while the on-screen action is champagne for the senses, irrepressibly bubbly and bright, its themes are on the serious side, dabbling in desperation, reinvention, and forgiveness.—
Debby Wolfinsohn,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Apr. 2026
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Patients should work with their doctors to determine which activities are safest during periods of inflammation and remission.—
Mark Marino,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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Through various studies that have measured the effect of a bone marrow transplant on a person’s HIV status, scientists have seen the infection go into remission even when the donor does not have two copies of the CCR5Δ32 mutation.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
13 Apr. 2026
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The priest goes with the mestizo, but the man refuses confession and dies without absolution.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
1 Apr. 2026
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Many women who weighed in have welcomed the message of absolution.—
Elaine Godfrey,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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Prior to closing arguments, Hunter’s other lawyer, Eben Self, motioned for an acquittal by arguing there was no evidence Green was even killed in Orange County, which Chief Circuit Judge Lisa Munyon quickly denied.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Apr. 2026
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In this case, it is alleged that these defendants thought the road to acquittal was the elimination of a witness.—
Joseph Buczek,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Frick employees may feel a similar dose of vindication.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
7 Apr. 2026
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The current war has vindicated their investments in renewable energy – though the vindication has limits.—
Ezgi Canpolat,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Compurgation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compurgation. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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