vindicate
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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
Still, Picasso believed in his vision, and he believed that the future would vindicate him.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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While the footage vindicates the VAR's decision, it may not end the arguments about the decision to rule out the goal.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 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
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
Professor J. S. Haldane not only vindicates the freedom, but prophesies the speedy advance of biology to a position of pre-eminence.
From Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson by John Charlton Hardwick
No one is more vindicated than poor Mike, who has tried to persuade Pella of the school’s beauty from the start: “A place you give your heart to is never a way station.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
The result also vindicated Van’s claim to the championship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Canadian Blake Parnham recalled that moment: "I was sobbing watching the game at home because I felt so vindicated, that Buffalo is different."
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Admirers cheered that the court had at last vindicated Andrew Johnson.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 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
"The Executive Branch closed its investigation on the November 2022 traffic stop. Only after Abrego succeeded in vindicating his rights did the Executive Branch reopen that investigation," the opinion reads.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Thus vindicating those who bore influence in her formative years.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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