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prejudice

[prej-uh-dis] / ˈprɛdʒ ə dɪs /




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Basildon Borough Council said it could not comment because doing so "could prejudice ongoing legal enforcement proceedings".

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

The council said it could not comment "as doing so could prejudice ongoing legal enforcement proceedings".

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

His work fighting racial prejudice wasn’t limited to the world of sports.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

The equal protection clause was written to provide a powerful weapon against entrenched prejudice.

From Slate Jul. 8, 2026

Gayle may have ended legal segregation on the buses, but it did not end racial prejudice.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose

Some people were working through their prejudices in real time and it’s amazing to watch them transform.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2026

Aa a pop star with 10 years of hits under her belt, she says big artists need to shed their prejudices about Eurovision.

From BBC May 17, 2026

More broadly the play is a tart vivisection of human pettiness and venality, as one by one the characters’ prejudices, peccadilloes and blinkered views are exposed.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

Here, Borgli only skims the surface, counting on subtext to imply that Charlie and Rachel have been forced to confront innate prejudices about their partners, who are both Black.

From Salon Apr. 3, 2026

They lean with the prevailing winds and employ every fallacy of logic in order to editorialize harmoniously with popular prejudices.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

On Tuesday, Tate's lawyers applied for a stay of 12 months on the civil case, arguing they were awaiting materials from the police and that any potential future criminal proceedings could be prejudiced.

From BBC May 6, 2026

Helder Barbalho, the governor of the state of Para, where Belem is located, slammed "the prejudiced" comments on the X social network.

From Barron's Nov. 18, 2025

Mr Patel said he did not know where the money was and did not want to discuss what happened, in case it prejudiced any future court case against Vashi.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2025

The judge found the special prosecutor and Santa Fe County sheriff’s deputies had concealed evidence from Baldwin’s legal team, which the judge said prejudiced the case against Baldwin.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2025

Not that he was prejudiced or anything, but he just wanted to know.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

The effective double trial led each executive to produce more damaging claims about the other, thus prejudicing the jury against the defendants, the lawyers said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

An Environment Agency spokesman said they were "actively investigating" the dumping and had shared "as much information as we can with the residents of Highnam without prejudicing any further enforcement action".

From BBC Jan. 22, 2026

“Plaintiffs’ concealment of their identities is prejudicing the Robinsons’ defense,” the motion alleges.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2025

He went on to say: "Those incidents are now subject to an insurance claim and I can give no further details without prejudicing that insurance claims at this time I'm afraid."

From BBC Mar. 6, 2025

Mr. Wilson did not enforce the Memorandum because he could not do so without prejudicing the interests of American commerce.

From My Three Years in America by Johann Heinrich Andreas Hermann Albrecht Graf von Bernstorff




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