pardon
Example Sentences
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You’re certainly right that the presidential pardon power does not extend to state criminal offenses.
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026
Hungary’s president Katalin Novák resigned, saying she had been wrong to issue the pardon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Cuba announced on Thursday that it would soon pardon and release 2,010 prisoners as a “humanitarian gesture,” though it is unclear if any were protesters.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
The system, created during her father Alberto Fujimori's term in office, was widely criticized for unfair trials that later forced the state to pardon hundreds of prisoners.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
I broke out crying and begging pardon, and hugged Joe round the neck: who dropped the poker to hug me, and to say, “Ever the best of friends; an’t us, Pip? Don’t cry, old chap!”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
Vocabulary lists containing pardon
"The Crucible" -- Vocabulary from all 4 Acts
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act IV
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The Balcony Scene from "Romeo and Juliet"
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