prejudice
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Sly and the Family Stone’s message of overcoming prejudice and treating everyone with dignity, including ourselves, matches their steadfast dedication to making all their fans feel loved, especially children.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
"Speculation was invited by the prosecution," she said, adding that any value the evidence had "was outweighed by its unfair prejudice".
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
The legal documents show that Pisciotta requested her case be dismissed with prejudice, meaning her complaint cannot be refiled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Rice and beans are as much a staple as back home, and migrants say they encounter less prejudice than relatives in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
In 1953 he confessed: "I have never succeeded in freeing myself from a nagging prejudice against continental drift; in my geological bones, so to speak, I feel the hypothesis is a fantastic one."
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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Aa a pop star with 10 years of hits under her belt, she says big artists need to shed their prejudices about Eurovision.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
More broadly the play is a tart vivisection of human pettiness and venality, as one by one the characters’ prejudices, peccadilloes and blinkered views are exposed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Here, Borgli only skims the surface, counting on subtext to imply that Charlie and Rachel have been forced to confront innate prejudices about their partners, who are both Black.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2026
Van Dine published rules for the genre, which John Dickson Carr—a sophisticated practitioner of the locked-room mystery—described as prejudices rather than prescriptions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
"When we make a split-second decision,” Payne says, "we are really vulnerable to being guided by our stereotypes and prejudices, even ones we may not necessarily endorse or believe.”
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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It’s possible more and more voters see through the prejudiced subterfuge, but it’s more likely that folks simply need a change.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Labour county councillor Jewel Miah, who was also in the briefing, said Abbott's remarks were prejudiced and has called for him to resign.
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026
Helder Barbalho, the governor of the state of Para, where Belem is located, slammed "the prejudiced" comments on the X social network.
From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025
In court documents reviewed by the New York Times, the defense has accused Halligan of “irregularities so severe and pervasivevthat they likely prejudiced the grand jurors’ narrow decision to indict.”
From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2025
Not that he was prejudiced or anything, but he just wanted to know.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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The effective double trial led each executive to produce more damaging claims about the other, thus prejudicing the jury against the defendants, the lawyers said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
The Agency has previously declined to give the exact locations of the biggest sites to avoid prejudicing ongoing investigations.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026
In English law, posts on social media can be deemed capable of prejudicing a jury - and therefore influencing the outcome of a trial.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025
“Plaintiffs’ concealment of their identities is prejudicing the Robinsons’ defense,” the motion alleges.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2025
This, so far from prejudicing her with her captors, gained her their favor.
From The History of Peru by Henry S. Beebe
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