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indemnify

[in-dem-nuh-fahy] / ɪnˈdɛm nəˌfaɪ /


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He also didn’t feel comfortable signing the liability waiver that would indemnify the federal government and contractors in the event of mistakes.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2025

Earlier this month, Mr Jeffries sued A&F after it refused to pay his criminal defence costs, arguing the brand had agreed to indemnify him for all claims arising out of his position.

From BBC Dec. 24, 2024

I am also going to indemnify our police officers.

From Salon Jan. 8, 2024

“We are going to indemnify them, so they don’t lose their wife, their family, their pension and their job,” he said during a speech this month in New York.

From New York Times Dec. 21, 2023

And yes, there were precautions administrators took to indemnify themselves against all eventualities.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

The settlement indemnifies Uber from future disability claims concerning its wait fee system — but it’s far from the only disability claim facing the company.

From The Verge Jul. 18, 2022

Cast insurance is common on Hollywood productions and indemnifies producers for any losses or extra expenses to complete principal photography due to the death, injury or illness of any insured artist or director.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2021

“Section 230” is a reference to a 1996 federal law that broadly indemnifies tech platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Google for the actions of their users.

From Washington Post Dec. 29, 2020

The nonprofit organization worked the language into the paperwork on every grant agreement, and indemnifies the donors from the consequences of illegal actions.

From New York Times Sep. 27, 2019

No judge is so cruel as he who indemnifies himself for scrupulosity in cases of blood, by licence in affairs of smaller importance.

From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay

Asked what Snyder and his attorneys are seeking to be indemnified against, the person said, “Literally everything.”

From Washington Post Feb. 27, 2023

Halls is seeking to be indemnified against Baldwin and the other crew members, as well as compensation for any damages he may be liable for if Mitchell wins her case.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 20, 2022

Britain's finance ministry said on Wednesday Bank of England intervention in the government bond market was needed to tackle "significant volatility" and market dysfunction, and any losses would be fully indemnified by the government.

From Reuters Sep. 28, 2022

It added that the plan would be fully indemnified by the Treasury and that the purchases would be "time limited".

From BBC Sep. 28, 2022

Leo IX. the relative and subject of Henry, indemnified himself for that obedience which he could not refuse to this emperor, by acts of authority against other sovereigns.

From The Power Of The Popes by Pierre Claude Fran?ois Daunou

The archdiocese “has obligations to some of those individuals which may include indemnifying legal fees for representation,” Archbishop William Lori said in a Nov. 22 statement.

From Washington Post Dec. 6, 2022

The California Assisted Living Assn. joined other healthcare groups in an April 9 letter urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign an executive order indemnifying facilities.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2020

There are aspects of urban exploration that leave me deeply uneasy, and that cannot be fended off by indemnifying gestures of self-awareness on the part of its practitioners.

From The New Yorker May 23, 2019

CBS had no comment on the issue of indemnifying ex-employees who signed nondisclosure agreements with nondisparagement clauses.

From New York Times Oct. 26, 2018

They asked for an act securing them their property or indemnifying them for their loss.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 by Various




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