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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

He was considered a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

"We trusted a man without a conscience, and my son paid the price," she wrote.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

I am the forest’s conscience, but remember the forest eats itself and lives forever.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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