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“We’re looking closer into the meaning of words,” said Dr. Sabine Hildebrandt, an anatomical educator at Harvard Medical School and author of “The Anatomy of Murder: Ethical Transgressions and Anatomical Science During the Third Reich.”

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2021

Transgressions are called out daily on social media; no one is immune.

From The Guardian • Mar. 1, 2018

Transgressions that land teenagers at Carroll Academy generally fall into one of two categories.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2013

Transgressions, the selection of his poetry which I edited for Bloodaxe, introduced his work to readers in Britain in 2006.

From The Guardian • Nov. 20, 2012

Transgressions between man and his companion, the day of atonement did not expiate, until his companion be reconciled.

From Hebrew Literature by Wilson, Epiphanius