atrocity
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"This atrocity was a defining moment for America and your pain and shock were felt around the whole world," Charles told the US Congress on Tuesday.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
There was a kind of macabre joke in living as a reminder of historical atrocity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi described the attack as "an atrocity at sea" and stressed that the frigate had been "a guest of India's Navy".
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
People in general are conscious of atrocity now, but why might some people still support what a reasonable person would call an atrocity?
From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026
I often meet people in the West who insist that the Holocaust was the worst atrocity in human history, without question.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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