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conscience

[kon-shuhns] / ˈkɒn ʃəns /


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For the better part of a year, I spent myriad sleepless nights wrestling with my conscience.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

I admire the image, but my conscience nags that one should have to trek halfway around the world to see such a thing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

“We trusted a man without a conscience, and my son paid the price,” Morrison wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

"Neither my conscience nor common sense will allow me to stop an election that has already begun," Republican state Senator Richard Cash said in a statement carried by US media.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Not the fear of God, but upholding your own sense of honor and obeying your own conscience.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank




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