vindicate
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"I think Salah's trying to vindicate himself and make himself feel better because he's had a very poor season," said Rooney.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
Megan notes that the data vindicate Fed officials’ decision to keep interest rates steady at the January meeting.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
“We are called upon by every consideration of duty and patriotism,” the president said, “to vindicate with decision the honor, the rights, and the interests of our country.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
Julia and Mark discuss the remaining paths to justice after the killing of Renee Good and examine what happens when the DOJ abandons its duty to seek accountability and vindicate civil rights.
From Slate ● Jan. 17, 2026
She was hoping this testimony was going to seal it, vindicate all the effort, the pretrial preparation, the way she and others had extended themselves to take on Reggie.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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To AI-safety experts, it vindicates what they have been warning about all along: that AI systems would cause real-world harms and evade attempts to control them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
These analysts will claim that the stock market’s huge rally to begin this week’s trading vindicates their beliefs.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026
This is a moment really that vindicates truth-telling.
From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2025
GB News CEO Angelos Frangopoulos said the decision "vindicates GB News' position as the fearless defender of free speech in the United Kingdom", while Ofcom said it "accepted the court's guidance".
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2025
She elaborately and almost humbly vindicates her pension against her brother's sarcastic strictures.
From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose
The vast majority of accused parents will be vindicated, but only after a stressful, unjustified process.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
After the dot-com bubble burst in 2001 without leaving much of an imprint on the broader economy, Greenspan felt vindicated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
“And Mr. Mayweather looks forward to being vindicated through the court proceedings.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
It is not only OpenAI but the AI race itself that was vindicated in the California courtroom last night.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
By the time she stalked out of Dona Luz headquarters two hours later, having been badgered unmercifully and then vindicated at least partially by rent-a-car records in the capital, Abby was fuming.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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So watching the rest of the world finally catch up feels a little vindicating.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
A second theme for this Court is vindicating liberties in the Bill of Rights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
But the case was a close one with only five justices full-throatedly vindicating the Fourth Amendment’s privacy protection goals.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
“He looks forward to vindicating himself in court, where such matters are decided — and not in the media — based on admissible, material evidence, not rank speculation and unsubstantiated allegations.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
Thus vindicating those who bore influence in her formative years.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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