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Recent Examples of extenuation
Not surprisingly, fellow-travelers on the left criticized Conquest either from a wish to disbelieve the Soviet horrors or from an ideological sympathy that compelled extenuation of them.
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Peter J. Travers, National Review, 29 Mar. 2022
Peter J. Travers, National Review, 29 Mar. 2022
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The suspect in the murder of a Montana dad and avid outdoorsman pleaded not guilty in court on Tuesday after allegedly claiming self-defense in his confession to police, which both the Gallatin County Attorney's Office and the suspect's defense team confirmed with Fox News Digital.Mollie Markowitz, Fox News, 29 Nov. 2024
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Later, there is an extraordinary turn that both wrenches Leo’s confession away from practical, on-camera delivery and raises it to sublime spiritual heights—to a subjectivity akin to a God’s-eye and God’s-ear perspective.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
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These red lines highlight the Alliance's acknowledgment that its collective security interests are at stake in Ukraine.Shane Croucher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
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In recent years, Indigenous culture has begun to play a more prominent role in tourism, particularly in Canada, and acknowledgment of traditional lands and territories is becoming standard practice globally.Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2024
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In place of the original’s portrait of political awakening, the sequel follows an artist (Milena Smit) who’s checked herself into the Pit as a form of personal atonement.A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2024
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Perhaps Netanyahu’s most disquieting elision in his U.N. speech, in this season of atonement, is that Moses’s admonition to choose blessings over curses was aimed specifically at the Children of Israel.Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Extenuation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extenuation. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.
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