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indemnify

[in-dem-nuh-fahy] / ɪnˈdɛm nəˌfaɪ /


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Pejman Javaheri, managing partner at Juris Law Group, noted that consumer packaged-goods manufacturers have to indemnify the retailer against any product issues arise with the private-label goods.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

He also didn’t feel comfortable signing the liability waiver that would indemnify the federal government and contractors in the event of mistakes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2025

Earlier this month, Mr Jeffries sued A&F after it refused to pay his criminal defence costs, arguing the brand had agreed to indemnify him for all claims arising out of his position.

From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2024

“We’re going to indemnify them against any prosecutions.”

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2024

At the Academy, we’d found out that this phrase was basically a legal requirement that you shouted out to indemnify yourself when you were, for whatever reason, applying a bit of extra force.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

The settlement indemnifies Uber from future disability claims concerning its wait fee system — but it’s far from the only disability claim facing the company.

From The Verge ● Jul. 18, 2022

Cast insurance is common on Hollywood productions and indemnifies producers for any losses or extra expenses to complete principal photography due to the death, injury or illness of any insured artist or director.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2021

“Section 230” is a reference to a 1996 federal law that broadly indemnifies tech platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Google for the actions of their users.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2020

The act also gives the Director of National Intelligence and Attorney General power to permit obtaining intelligence information, and indemnifies internet companies against any actions arising as a result of co-operating with authorities' requests.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 6, 2013

In that case several men work together for one, who afterwards indemnifies them for their help in native fashion by giving them pigs or rendering them other services.

From Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific by Felix Speiser

Britain's finance ministry said on Wednesday Bank of England intervention in the government bond market was needed to tackle "significant volatility" and market dysfunction, and any losses would be fully indemnified by the government.

From Reuters ● Sep. 28, 2022

It added that the plan would be fully indemnified by the Treasury and that the purchases would be "time limited".

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2022

Of Kerouac’s sad, sodden later years, he writes: “From the time that Kerouac completed ‘On the Road,’ he was indemnified against ever making — or having made — a serious mistake in his life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2022

In New Mexico, proponents of that state’s bill said it became clear it would fail if law enforcement officers and other government employees were not indemnified from lawsuits.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2021

Although he had paid the duties to the Chief, and he, by word only, had indemnified him, not one farthing of the duties was returned, not one penny of the costs paid.

From The Last Laird of MacNab An Episode in the Settlement of MacNab Township, Upper Canada by Various

The archdiocese “has obligations to some of those individuals which may include indemnifying legal fees for representation,” Archbishop William Lori said in a Nov. 22 statement.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2022

The fund covers all users of South African roads against injuries sustained or death in motor vehicle accidents, indemnifying those who cause the accident, as well as providing personal injury and death insurance to victims.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2020

There are aspects of urban exploration that leave me deeply uneasy, and that cannot be fended off by indemnifying gestures of self-awareness on the part of its practitioners.

From The New Yorker ● May 23, 2019

Dr. Kieny said that discussions were also underway about indemnifying vaccine manufacturers, because the vaccines would be deployed with much less than the usual testing.

From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2014

The unfortunate lodgers, menaced by jaundice or some other bilious complaint, in consequence of the repeated emotions to which they were subjected, were anxious always to go, even under the penalty of indemnifying the landlord.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 by Various




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