tender mercies
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Leaving it to another day to lay out guideposts for data-related warrants risked leaving Americans’ privacy to the tender mercies of zealous law enforcement and profit-minded corporations.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
Don’t let the tender mercies of Thanksgiving fall by the wayside too soon just to get an early jump on the sales of the approaching Christmas season.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 21, 2018
Bacall was then subject to the tender mercies of Paul Schrader, America’s veteran art film auteur, for his 2007 film The Walker.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 13, 2014
Sitting at the picnic table, the defence lawyer made a case for Mohammed's innocence - he confessed to crimes he did not commit while "under the tender mercies of the CIA".
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2013
Then out of habit I fired off the Repentance Psalm: Have mercy upon me, O God, according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
