clean hands

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And one of the fundamental rules of equity, as Sotomayor explains, is that you have to seek it with clean hands.

From Slate • Jun. 24, 2025

Officials say it can be used only to clean hands if it’s completely unheated.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2025

The rough hands of a slave, the clean hands of a prince, the wrinkled hands of an old man who has seen so much.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2023

Raffi Ivker, a Jewish student at George Washington University, said he believed neither side "has clean hands."

From Reuters • Oct. 18, 2023

A man will have clean hands once we get the lid slammed shut on that stinking century.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck