be lenient
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“The scoring adjustments were not designed to be lenient in any way,” Chan said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2025
If referees are going to be lenient in the opening exchanges, and I detect more officials are giving players a little latitude, it should not be for deliberate or premeditated offences.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2024
The defense team for Ms. Griner, an Olympian who plays for the Phoenix Mercury W.N.B.A. team, has been trying to persuade the judge to be lenient.
From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2022
City hall has said police will be lenient in applying the new speed limit in the first weeks.
From Reuters • Aug. 30, 2021
The judges of the dead wouldn’t be lenient to her a second time.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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