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"Obviously I don't condone stealing, but I really sympathise with any parent that finds themselves in a situation like that."

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

“It’s complicated and its not something I would condone … but the more attention that Scientology gets, the worse it is for Scientology,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026

Cassileth says she doesn’t condone buying peptides online.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

The bill proposes to make it illegal to implicitly condone or play down acts of terrorism, extending the scope of existing legislation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

"It’s not appropriate for you to be involved with these militants. It is reckless behavior that I will not condone."

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon

"No one there condones civilian killings - they know the pain of losing loved ones too well."

From BBC ● May 2, 2025

“Any claim that Chief Hoskin condones individuals or organizations claiming Cherokee identity for personal or organizational profit is false.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2025

He is the author of, most recently, “Dirty Work,” about the morally troubling jobs that society tacitly condones.

From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2023

“Silence condones these attitudes and causes untold damage to those targeted, and we cannot afford to stand by as our community members are attacked,” she said.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2023

There is so much genuine pain in her voice that Dulce is touched; she forgets all, condones all; to see a fellow-creature in pain is terrible to this hot-blooded little shrew.

From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess

Of course, none of this is condoned by the networking app itself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

The Central Asian leader, who is a Moscow ally but who has never condoned Russia's offensive, said the roots of the war are "not understandable".

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

The firm has denied all wrongdoing and said it “categorically does not engage in, nor has it ever condoned, the exchange of money for client retention.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026

Richard Davis, 50, was at the game against Arsenal and also condoned the booing from some supporters.

From BBC ● May 13, 2025

His preoccupation with improving the cyclotron condoned sloppy and inattentive experimental work.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

It isn’t about the Court condoning Mr. Olivier’s speech.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

If he had stayed it would have given the impression that "the culture wouldn't change and that we're condoning it", said Annie Nguyen, a 31-year-old American.

From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026

This is the stuff only the fan of a 17th century witch-sentencing, marital-rape condoning jurist could conjure.

From Slate ● May 29, 2024

In January more than 100 NGOs and 500 activists and cultural figures urged Mr Tusk to end pushbacks and said his government was condoning human rights violations if it did not do so.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2024

In the evening, “I often have to shut my ears to their gossip. If I join in, I feel as though I’m condoning them and I feel bad.”

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti