conscience
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President Cyril Ramaphosa said the killing of these women and others was a "stain on our national conscience".
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
In this dimension, Ibari Waker is an intelligence agent who, despite pangs of conscience, helps arrest pro-democracy dissidents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Why we’re to care about this apparent flash of horror, if not of conscience, remains unexplained.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
The best way to do that is to vote your conscience.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
The storm did accomplish without conscience what we had been too fainthearted to do.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
The Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam, for example, brought together Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish Americans who opposed the war because it violated the nation’s ideals and religious consciences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
The French film legend says that the most important thing for her about a film "is that it changes lives, changes people's consciences."
From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026
They successfully argued that the ban burdened their consciences and violated their religious freedom.
From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2025
Belcastro residents told local media that Mayor Torchia had "done the right thing in shining a light on the issue", and that the decision would "shake consciences".
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2025
By way of consolation, she counseled us to "examine your consciences."
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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