pardoned
Example Sentences
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In a September 2024 motion, Murrill claimed that by vacating Brooks’ manslaughter conviction while he was a free man and not a prisoner, the court essentially pardoned him.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
Zubeidi was pardoned in 2007, but Israel later rearrested him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The day before she was executed, she wrote to George Rogers, the Labour MP for Kensington North at the time, who had campaigned for her to be pardoned.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
He’s no longer a quintessential underdog routinely pardoned for his bad defense, his questionable durability and his tendency to tighten up in the playoffs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
After confessing to these things they had been pardoned, reinstated in the Party, and given posts which were in fact sinecures but which sounded important.
From "1984" by George Orwell
