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He was imprisoned for almost 15 years, not once petitioning his old college friend for mercy.

"Look at me with compassion and mercy and understand me as a Palestinian mother," she said, her voice straining with emotion.

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But Rodriguez said traffic fluctuates day-to-day and is “at the mercy” of rumors, at times false, of federal enforcement operations circulated among group chats of merchants and community members.

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All of us “would be at the mercy of the laws of nature.”

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It’s about the children in this country who aren’t taken care of, who are left to the mercy of the world.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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