mercy

On “To Catch a Predator,” there is no differentiation between the levels of danger the men pose; no mercy for those who understand they’re sick and desperately plead for rehabilitation.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

The longer you live, the more you are at the mercy of the effects of inflation.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Our family seldom undertakes a project without physical comedy, and my small errand of mercy was no exception.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

It’s a gauntlet made thornier whenever Murashige, who believes in mercy over violence, engages with Kanbei, chained in a dungeon but with a dangerous mind nonetheless.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

But worse was the dreadful feeling—I know we all had it—that we were completely at the mercy of someone we knew not at all, for some purpose we could not guess.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien

The smallest of mercies for Celtic was that it stayed at three.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Let us at least give thanks for small mercies.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026

Suzanna’s problems include the apparent near-insolvency of her father upon his death—possibly jeopardizing her studies in psychology—and the untender mercies of her mother, Susan, played with delectable evil-queen imperiousness by Linda Emond.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026

In this story, the long national nightmare is finally wrapping up, thanks to the tender if belated mercies of criminal statutes, sentencing guidelines, grand jurors, and knowable facts.

From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2023

Forgive me, O Heavenly Father, according to the multitude of thy mercies.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver