guilty
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Keach pleaded guilty, and served six months in jail at England's Reading Prison.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026
Wedding has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
After pleading guilty to the possession offence he was placed into custody, the Metropolitan Police confirmed.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
Brand, who had pleaded not guilty and consistently denied the allegations, was found not guilty on three other counts, including two charges of rape and one of indecent assault.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
“He felt guilty because he grew up rich in a family that made millions cutting down forests in Washington and Oregon.”
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
This would make any nurse look guiltier with each job change.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 18, 2023
She wrote that his “fictionalized version of me is just the tabloid conspiracy guiltier version of me.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2021
Other, more experienced teammates were far guiltier of errors in a higher level of schooling than being loaned to Vitesse Arnhem or the Championship.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 12, 2019
Sure, he may succeed in keeping the report out of your hands, but he’ll only manage to appear even guiltier than he already looks.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2019
Few pupils were openly naughty anymore—there were fewer fights in the playground, for instance—but everyone seemed guiltier.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
So he'll continue to act like the guiltiest man alive.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2024
For the brave viewer ready to commit to the summer’s guiltiest pleasure, here’s a complete guide.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
A John Mitchell, the campaign director, who Mason always thought looked the guiltiest.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2018
It’s a very human impulse to always be angriest about the things you’re guiltiest of doing to other people.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 11, 2018
Josie couldn’t even tell which specific scene he was talking about, or which awful thing one of them had done to the other she felt maddest or guiltiest about.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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