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mercy

[mur-see] / ˈmɜr si /


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Aimée Anne Duffy grew up between Gwynedd and Pembrokeshire before becoming an overnight sensation with hit single Mercy and Rockferry, which became the UK's best selling album of 2008.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

While discussing God, Ed would quote Michael Himes, “There is nothing we can do to make God not love us,” and the Trappist monk Thomas Merton, “Mercy, within Mercy, within Mercy.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Doctors at St. Louis-based Mercy, which runs birthing hospitals in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, began noticing an uptick in families turning down the vitamin K shot during the pandemic.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

In recent years, he has moved into co-producing some of the films in which he has appeared, including "Just Mercy" and "Without Remorse."

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

She shut her eyes and prayed to the Goddess of Mercy.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord




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