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In March, a California jury found Musk liable for some of the investors’ losses, but absolved him of defrauding them.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
But the jury absolved Musk of “engaging in a scheme to defraud Twitter investors.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
Mohamed Salah has been pinpointed as one factor in Liverpool's slide, but he can be absolved here.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025
The conduct of all was illegal and unconscionable in a democracy, yet they could be absolved of criminal liability.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2025
“If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved you, and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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