moral
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She told the court that seeking justice for Tiananmen victims is a moral duty, which "should not be classified as incitement to commit a crime".
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Human rights groups denounced this as a stain on the moral conscience of America.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
What about the faintly ludicrous figure of the foregoing 100-plus minutes was supposed to make me care about his moral compass?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
And enjoying that art doesn’t mean that those bad people are above criticism, or that the spectator has a moral failing of their own.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
A moral pessimist, von Wright questioned whether the material and technological advances of modern society could really be considered “progress” at all.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
"If there's ever a candidate that I feel is worth voting for, I'll vote the direction I feel my morals are pulling me," said Pemberton.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
‘This flies in the face of my morals and ethics’: My father cut my sisters out of his six-figure estate.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
She is a woman with character, morals and years of positive experience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
He saw himself as a normal guy and stuck to his morals and that's why he mixed with everyone and why everyone at the club got on with him.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
The rat had no morals, no conscience, no scruples, no consideration, no decency, no milk of rodent kindness, no compunctions, no higher feeling, no friendliness, no anything.
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
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