as in acquitted
free from guilt or blame
none of us is exactly cleanhanded in this affair
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Adjective
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To insinuate yourself into someone’s life, the biggest manipulators act like the most innocent victims.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
9 June 2025 -
Loew was made the mark in a kind of confidence game, Schulberg recalls, with Thalberg and Mayer putting on a show of activity at the failing Louis B. Mayer Productions that nonetheless impressed the Hollywood innocent.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
Adjective
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Another war of attrition in the fourth, until the seventh game of that set—when Sinner, with impeccable touch and poise, broke Alcaraz’s serve at love, setting him up to serve out the match.—
Corey Seymour,
Vogue,
8 June 2025
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Javier Báez played impeccable shortstop, even redirected a throw from left in the fifth to nab Pete Crow-Armstrong, who ran past the base at third on a late stop sign, then was called out floundering back to the bag.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
Adjective
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In the ring, his attention to detail and faultless technique enabled him to post a 49-5-1 record.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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With Andrew Resnick’s crisp musical arrangements and a faultless sound design by Peter Hylenski, Groff and his costars knock one song after another out of the park.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
26 Apr. 2025
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