conscience
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President Isaac Herzog, who holds a mostly ceremonial role, called Levine in hospital on Saturday, saying the attack was "outrageous and shocking" and weighed on his conscience.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
The character was considered by many fans to be the heart and conscience of the series.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Human rights groups denounced this as a stain on the moral conscience of America.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 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
It was more convenient not to want to hear about it or talk about it because then their conscience would have made them do something about it.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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But the proposal would let us show how we disagree with each other about our shared political life, and so help direct our collective agency without sacrificing the individual voices of our consciences.
From Slate ● May 11, 2026
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
Americans with normal levels of basic decency let their consciences prevent them from exploiting the death of a purported friend before he’s even buried.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2025
His best epitaph is something he said himself: ‘Those who follow their consciences are of my religion, and I am of the religion of those who are brave and good.’
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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