innocent
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He added: "If she is innocent, as I believe, as 30-odd experts believe, then everything that has gone before the inquiry and every recommendation has operated on the wrong premise."
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Nor does Saramago establish whether his protagonist is driven by a perverse desire or innocent curiosity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
We’re less innocent, but we’ve become more brittle and more fearful.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 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
He made his voice sound innocent and stunned.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
"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
The film’s sheep are complete innocents, who can make themselves forget sad events by closing their eyes and counting to three.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
While most of its players are innocents, dubbed Faithfuls, Cumming surreptitiously chooses several to be Traitors.
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2026
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
Or are they standing between Dauntless guns and Erudite innocents, taking bullets for the sake of peace?
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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