complicit
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We’re all paying the nauseating price now, and anyone who paved the way is complicit.
From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2026
"They are complicit in this phenomenon and they should be held accountable," she said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
It has previously said any allegation that Saudi Arabia or its officials are complicit in 9/11 is categorically false.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
“They have to accept they are complicit in something that provides some good thing to others. It’s a very Graham Greene way of thinking about sacrifice.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Yet the simple loveliness of the sky and sun and mountains makes me feel like nature is complicit in my country’s betrayal.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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