pardon
Example Sentences
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Last year, Lindberg hired a Washington lobbying firm to seek a pardon from President Trump, lobbying records show.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Yet the pardon power is circumscribed: It applies only to criminal “offenses,” excluding impeachments.
From Slate • May 26, 2026
But he also contended that the judicial pardon he granted Franco was the result of “logical and legal reasoning.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
"To be clear, I am not pardoning Tina Peters, and I have never considered a pardon," Polis wrote in a lengthy Facebook post.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
And what of Chester, my old friend, who seemed to have flipped his lid and, if you’ll pardon the expression, was in the doghouse with the Monroes?
From "Bunnicula" by Deborah Howe and James Howe
Vocabulary lists containing pardon
"The Crucible" -- Vocabulary from all 4 Acts
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act IV
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The Balcony Scene from "Romeo and Juliet"
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