granting freedom

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The practice of granting freedom to turkeys dates back to the Kennedy era, though President George H.W.

From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2021

The British government had repeatedly delayed granting freedom in the 1930s, when it might have been more amicably achieved.

From The Guardian • Aug. 5, 2017

Obama said 14 of the people he’s granting freedom would have otherwise died behind bars.

From US News • Jul. 13, 2015

Critical to those events was Dunmore’s formal proclamation, in early November, granting freedom to slaves who fought for his army.

From Slate • Nov. 1, 2013

It is a word of impotence, and is therefore the only sincere word we can use, if, in granting freedom to certain things, we grant it honestly, and really risk the game.

From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by James, William