transgression
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The home-plate umpire paused the game to admonish Santana for coming set before Caballero was looking at him, a transgression that could result in an automatic ball being added to the count.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
When it comes to prisons, there is very serious harm done by our unquestioned acceptance of carcerality and punishment as the main way of dealing with social transgression.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
"These attacks represent a dangerous escalation and an unacceptable transgression," the UAE's foreign ministry said, adding that the country reserves the "right to respond".
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
It offers the thrill of transgression without the burden of intellectual rigor.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2026
Most of all, he was doing the spiritual work to cleanse his transgression.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
His comedic sensibility explores cruelty, shock, transgressions and antiheroes — and it’s also what continues to draw him to literature.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Other transgressions there included urine contamination from rodents on food packaging and shelving, inadequate cleaning standards and structural defects allowing pest entry.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
That they were macho-coded transgressions was core to his sustained support.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
But as the network of civil-rights agencies grew, the transgressions those agencies aimed to prosecute diminished in number and import.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
His manner forgiving her all transgressions past and present.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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Power Prefix: trans-
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