guilt
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Addressing Holloway, who was in tears in the dock, Judge Rees said he was "seemingly consumed by guilt".
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
This week, the Supreme Court issued an unsigned order reversing a lower court decision that had determined a man’s guilt based on new facts that had never gone before a jury.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026
A woman reunites with a father she hasn’t seen in decades and faces the guilt she felt after her mother left him.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Shortly after the foiled attack, Taylor Swift said it had filled her with "a new sense of fear" - and that the cancellations left her with a "tremendous amount of guilt".
From BBC • May 28, 2026
There was a twitch in the woman’s eyes; whether repulsion or fear or guilt, or some bleak mixture of the three, Christopher couldn’t tell.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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