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pangs of conscience



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Just as important, the ethos governing professional circles effectively shields their members from pangs of conscience.

From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2022

What if all police officers heeded the pangs of conscience as Orwell did?

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2020

Marcus’ occasional pangs of conscience aside, our Miami police-detective heroes are not terribly troubled by all the havoc they wreak in the name of the law.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2020

After all, pangs of conscience about climate change didn’t stop millions of us taking cheap no-frills flights back in the days when it was easyJet that was disrupting the holiday market.

From The Guardian • Aug. 31, 2018

Or do you think the assassins came back, driven by pangs of conscience, to the scene of their crime, and just dropped that envelope so as to give a clue?

From The Island Mystery by Birmingham, George A.




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