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innocent

[in-uh-suhnt] / ˈɪn ə sənt /




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But banning Greek life punishes the innocent while making the guilty harder to catch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Mrs Marple aka Hart wasn't going to let her off the hook that easily, however, noting how Fry's argument the previous night had contradicted that of the innocent but now sadly now departed My'la.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

For White, who opened an account on the platform during high school, "it seemed innocent enough, I guess, at the time."

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

The state insists the girl enter the mainstream American education system while mom goes to work; the innocent, awe-struck Carrie enters Ewen High with anticipation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

“You, my sweet, innocent children, are going to deliver this precious cargo to the fine establishments of our fair city. In your charming wagon, of course.”

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

"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

While most of its players are innocents, dubbed Faithfuls, Cumming surreptitiously chooses several to be Traitors.

From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2026

Sometimes, in the prosecution of a just war, Mr. Levin says, innocents are inadvertently killed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025

It’s unfortunate that innocents are being swept up in mass immigration raids.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2025

I suggest that the innocents check with her.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin




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