innocent
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For still others, 9/11 remains most powerfully a story about innocent lives lost and ordinary people behaving with extraordinary courage.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
There are also people who I suspect simply get stuck in the impossible space of wanting justice for three innocent children and finding no clear path to get it.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
“But today justice took a different form: setting aside a wrongful conviction and proclaiming a man factually innocent of attempted murder charges brought over a decade before.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Alan Doorasamy, a lawyer for Santiago, said Monday that his client was innocent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
It did not sound like the letter of an innocent man.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
"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
Judges, politicians, law enforcement and many innocents were caught in the middle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
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
They were all innocents playing out their unsuspecting parts.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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