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mercy

[mur-see] / ˈmɜr si /


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Besigye's son, Adam Ampa, has appealed to President Museveni and his son, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who is Uganda's army chief, to show mercy by releasing his father on humanitarian grounds.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Until we understand that, we will always be at their mercy.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

“You’re kind of at the mercy of the customer-service department,” said Jackie Mondelli, chief marketing officer at Squaremouth, a travel-insurance comparison business.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

For the time being, all those companies are at the mercy of memory chip prices that keep moving higher.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

They cringed, but the rice fell upon them without mercy, melting into their skin.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin

Let us at least give thanks for small mercies.

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 2026

Suzanna’s problems include the apparent near-insolvency of her father upon his death—possibly jeopardizing her studies in psychology—and the untender mercies of her mother, Susan, played with delectable evil-queen imperiousness by Linda Emond.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 7, 2026

In this story, the long national nightmare is finally wrapping up, thanks to the tender if belated mercies of criminal statutes, sentencing guidelines, grand jurors, and knowable facts.

From Slate Jun. 13, 2023

The bus to the Polish border was a capsule of exhaustion, grief and tender mercies.

From BBC Mar. 7, 2022

And, mercy of all mercies, there was a range, slumbering but alight, and above it a rack of warming towels, hanging there to dry after having been washed.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman




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