vindicate
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“The sole reason he is calling me before this committee is to get me to say something, anything that could vindicate his repeated public pledges that I end up ‘behind bars.’”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Sinn Féin MP Maskey said the coroner's findings vindicate families who have long maintained their loved ones were innocent and shot without justification.
From BBC ● May 1, 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
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 expected me to vindicate her life for her, and the choices she’d made.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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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
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
Both the police and Gascón’s chief of staff, Joseph Iniguez, claim the video vindicates their respective interpretations of events.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2024
“This ruling both vindicates what I have done in the past and gives me the strength to continue fearlessly doing the people’s business in the months and years ahead,” Ms. Frenchko said in a statement.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2024
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
"It's been quite an emotional situation as well, but we feel vindicated which is a good feeling for all of us and all of the rural communities that were involved in this case," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
“And Mr. Mayweather looks forward to being vindicated through the court proceedings.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
The Department of Homeland Security, which comprises ICE, said on X it was confident it would be "vindicated in this case."
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
Although it didn’t take away from all the suffering he had caused, I did feel vindicated.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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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
Menisa Sesay said it showed the legal reforms for which they had fought so hard were finally being enforced, vindicating their mission to protect the rights of vulnerable women and girls.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
And you know, there are fewer things in life more vindicating than a guy dumping you and then crawling right back.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
Thus vindicating those who bore influence in her formative years.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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