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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

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

What you end up doing with that knowledge, we hereby indemnify ourselves of, formally.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2024

The contractor agreed to indemnify the city, which didn’t directly contribute to the settlement sum, and Synagro.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2024

And yes, there were precautions administrators took to indemnify themselves against all eventualities.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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

“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 fund indemnifies drivers and compensates victims in road traffic accidents but strictly caps compensation for medical expenses and limits payouts for loss of earnings at 9% of Jackson’s annual income, according to court filings.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 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

But how that same forbearing world indemnifies itself on poor Mrs. Peony!

From Kate Coventry An Autobiography by G. J. Whyte-Melville

That person said team owners don’t know how insistent Snyder will be about being indemnified against legal liabilities and costs, either by a prospective buyer or by the NFL and the other owners.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2023

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

They could not all flirt with that one man: so the outsiders indemnified themselves by talking at her the very moment she came up.

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Charles Reade

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 California Assisted Living Assn. joined other healthcare groups in an April 9 letter urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign an executive order indemnifying facilities.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 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

Of course I shall insist on paying his salary whilst I employ him, and indemnifying him for anything he may suffer in my service—that of the W.S.P.U.

From Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement by Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston




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