apologia

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Whether we are meant to believe or dismiss this apologia for the chivalry of the Old South is debatable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

An apologia writ in hair about what happens when a muscular intellect is married to frail corporate governance.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2023

Instead of this torturous apologia, Lewis could have acknowledged the obvious: He was duped.

From Slate • Oct. 5, 2023

All this might have made “The Eternal Daughter” play like a dubious exercise in self-doubt, an apologia for its own existence.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2022

Such bereavement, witnessed at close range, makes even the most eloquent apologia for high-risk activities ring fatuous and hollow.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer