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Furey added that Kwatra’s supervisors condoned his distribution of gift cards and other perks to clients to entice them to continue shopping at Saks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

Mr Cairns said the project had never supported or condoned illegal releases.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025

Hundreds of Lithuanians thundered the patriotic anthem of national independence, which had been banned by the 1940 nonaggression pact between Hitler and Stalin, a deal that, in effect, condoned the Soviet seizure of Lithuania.

From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2024

Nicki Minaj told her legion of fans, the Barbz, that she doesn’t want them threatening anyone online or in person: ‘I don’t & never have condoned that.’

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2023

His preoccupation with improving the cyclotron condoned sloppy and inattentive experimental work.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik