atrocity
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“Let us not wait for atrocity to act,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
"This atrocity was a defining moment for America and your pain and shock were felt around the whole world," Charles told the US Congress on Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
"This atrocity was a defining moment for America and your pain and shock were felt around the whole world," said the King.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
This atrocity was a defining moment for America and your pain and shock were felt around the whole world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
Desdemona was in a pale white nightgown, the bedcovers pulled up to her waist, and in her lap sat one of her Turkish atrocity fans.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Trump officials are also planning to finance at least one organization to research crime and atrocities against minority populations in South Africa.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
Western countries have warned of the risk of similar atrocities if El-Obeid falls.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
The pamphlet railed against British atrocities, condemned servile loyalism and confidently projected military recovery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
The issue of Japan apologising for wartime atrocities has long been a sticking point in the two countries' relations, with China in the past criticising some of the apologies as insufficient.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
It was a museum used for propaganda displays of various kinds—scale models of rocket bombs and Floating Fortresses, waxwork tableaux illustrating enemy atrocities, and the like.
From "1984" by George Orwell
Vocabulary lists containing atrocity
The Things They Carried
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