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indemnify

[in-dem-nuh-fahy] / ɪnˈdɛm nəˌfaɪ /


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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

I am also going to indemnify our police officers.

From Salon Jan. 8, 2024

“We are going to indemnify them, so they don’t lose their wife, their family, their pension and their job,” he said during a speech this month in New York.

From New York Times Dec. 21, 2023

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 nonprofit organization worked the language into the paperwork on every grant agreement, and indemnifies the donors from the consequences of illegal actions.

From New York Times Sep. 27, 2019

It breaks out in half-veiled sarcasms, by which he cynically indemnifies himself for his ignoble yielding to the constraint which they put upon him.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII by Alexander Maclaren

But another person said Snyder’s desire to be indemnified against future legal liability and costs remains a major issue.

From Washington Post Mar. 7, 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

Possibly the summer guests, who flock hither from October to March, may be sufficiently enthusiastic in their admiration of natural scenery, to feel themselves indemnified for discomfort within-doors by the charm of the surrounding landscape.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Karl Ritter von Scherzer

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

The difficulties arise often because the agreements people sign are purposely vague and there is indemnifying language in the fine print, according to Domenic Romano, another entertainment lawyer.

From New York Times Aug. 20, 2018

Newdegate formally blocked the Bill, of which Mr. Labouchere gave notice, for indemnifying Mr. Bradlaugh against penalties for having sat and voted on affirmation.

From The True Story of my Parliamentary Struggle by Charles Bradlaugh




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