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"In Gaza we are a peaceful people. Abdullah was a young man like any other. May God have mercy on him. He didn't get the chance to fulfil any of his dreams."

From BBC

Since Kirk’s death, some businesses are showing little mercy to employees who speak out negatively about the situation.

He is at the mercy of such routines until his area gets proper storm drains and levees.

From BBC

But on this trek he had lost his pack and was at the mercy of the elements ever since, hungry, dehydrated and shivering under a bed of needles.

He told him there would be no further chances, adding: "Justice, on occasion, needs to be seasoned with mercy."

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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