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charged moment



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Imagine my surprise, then, when a tear actually sprang to my eye for a moment after reading about a particularly charged moment between Liz and her father on New Year’s Day 2021.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2023

"In this charged moment, no one can look at this incident and not suspect that it may have been a hate-motivated crime," Burlington Police Chief Jon Murad said in a statement earlier.

From Reuters • Nov. 27, 2023

For Ms Njobati, the decision was an emotionally charged moment.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2023

The focus on the military’s role in the disappearances comes at a particularly charged moment.

From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2022

The adjourned inquest on Melrose, held in the large parlour of the old Whitebeck inn, was densely crowded, and the tension of a charged moment might be felt.

From The Mating of Lydia by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.