innocent
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"What makes this reckless behaviour even more appalling is that in some cases it is being done for social media likes regardless of the potentially devastating impact it might have on innocent people and themselves."
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Reiner has pleaded not guilty to the stabbings and remains legally innocent unless he changes his plea or is convicted by a jury.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
The possibility of executing the innocent has gone a long way to change the national conversation about the death penalty.
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026
What’s more, the histrionic grandeur she imbues the scene with overshadows the dramatic revelation that follows: the reading of the Delphic oracle’s judgment that she is indeed innocent, and Leontes is “a jealous tyrant.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
How do you explain to an innocent citizen of the free world the importance of a credit default swap on a double-A tranche of a subprime-backed collateralized debt obligation?
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
"This land has paid a heavy price. It has seen many of its children buried. It has borne witness to the suffering of children and innocents," added the leader of the world's Roman Catholics.
From Barron's ● May 23, 2026
On the one hand, continued pressure harms innocents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
It’s unfortunate that innocents are being swept up in mass immigration raids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2025
It also asked police to stop harassing innocents.
From BBC ● May 28, 2025
Or are they standing between Dauntless guns and Erudite innocents, taking bullets for the sake of peace?
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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