exculpate
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He devises a daring, sometimes distracting but ultimately inspired format by saving his commentary for footnotes that contextualize, teasingly contradict and occasionally exculpate Rodgers from her unsparing self-assessments.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2022
“It does not vary either to exculpate on the basis of the actor’s unusual callousness or to condemn for outraging an excessively delicate relative of the deceased,” Rennie wrote, citing the Model Penal Code.
From Seattle Times • May 24, 2022
“This is a report that’s designed to exculpate the cops.”
From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2021
“Much like with the Covington Catholic kids, the situation was a hoax, but in the show the full video doesn’t exculpate Ari’s aggressive and hostile interaction,” said the MRC analysis.
From Washington Times • May 10, 2019
How was she to escape from them, or to exculpate herself?
From Humours of Irish Life by Various
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