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Which classic children's book involves a girl's attempts to vindicate her innocent father?

vindicate

[vin-di-kayt] / ˈvɪn dɪˌkeɪt /


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Holmes and Evans welcomed the cameras, hoping they would help vindicate her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

If that version is ever unearthed, it may perhaps vindicate the director.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

The worker just doesn’t get to vindicate their rights.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

Does Ms. Allen vindicate her claim that “Richmond was a defining figure of the revolutionary age?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Trouble arose only when authors used their stories to vindicate themselves against a great hurt or perceived injustice.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

History often vindicates difficult decisions that were deeply unpopular in their time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar added on X that the decision "vindicates Pakistan's consistent position that a binding international treaty cannot be unilaterally suspended or set aside".

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 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

Atterbury, Bishop, vindicates the genuine character of Clarendon’s History, 731.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli

Algorithms learn what makes us angry, afraid or vindicated, then serve us more of it.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 1, 2026

Seeing Austria’s umlauted signature grape poured for regulars in Eagles jerseys, I feel vindicated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

The result also vindicated Van’s claim to the championship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

Admirers cheered that the court had at last vindicated Andrew Johnson.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026

In time, both the theories would be spectacularly vindicated, and spectacularly demolished.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

“It is a bit vindicating to see this happen in the wild,” said Jeffrey Ladish, executive director of Palisade Research, a nonprofit AI lab that studies AI capabilities to better understand risks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

So watching the rest of the world finally catch up feels a little vindicating.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 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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