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“We don’t believe in an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, because that always leads to a bad situation,” Sheinbaum told journalists at her daily news conference.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2025

She offers a better resolution than an eye for an eye, in the form a honey-flavored absolution, baked with love.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2024

A common misperception is that proportionality in self-defence means an eye for an eye, a rocket for a rocket, or a casualty for a casualty.

From BBC • May 15, 2021

To suggest, in the name of a child’s innocent gaze, that putting food on the table beats an eye for an eye, for then soon enough everyone is blind.

From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2020

Oh great and mighty Khan, it is true that the law says an eye for an eye, but it does not say my eye.

From Told in the Coffee House Turkish Tales by Adler, Cyrus




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