innocent
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Eastern time to “continue imposing a heavy cost on Iranian forces and degrade their ability to attack innocent civilians and commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Not to give away our strategy, but we want to draw him in, because then he’s not hurting anybody else for a few minutes or spreading more ridiculous lies about innocent people.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026
Before going into hiding, Adeyemi told local media that he was innocent and now feared for his life.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Diaz’s attorney, Matthew Barhoma, also maintained that his client is innocent — and blamed ICE for letting the people he accused of being the real killers get away with it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
She was just standing there under a big sycamore, chewing her cud, and looking as innocent as the day she was born.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
"This land has paid a heavy price. It has seen many of its children buried. It has borne witness to the suffering of children and innocents," added the leader of the world's Roman Catholics.
From Barron's ● May 23, 2026
On the one hand, continued pressure harms innocents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
But it’s a good thing the innocents already felled one devil, despite Kelce’s overwhelming sweetness.
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2026
The Strip was once a magical place where innocents like Dorothy flocked to get into trouble, often in encounters with sleight-of-hand hucksters like Professor Marvel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025
We are the flawed ones, the innocents, trying to make some rough sense of the daily jostle.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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