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Understanding those risks does not mean I am justifying press avoidance by presidents.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2023

I suppose it is because subconsciously I feel that I am justifying my existence now more than ever before.

From World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)

Do you suppose that I am justifying myself?

From From the Housetops by Cootes, F. Graham

When I then accomplish personal achievement, I have a feeling that I am justifying their love for me.

From The Cruise of the Snark by London, Jack

Since I am justifying my outward semblance of piety, I have some other less noble and more practical reasons.

From Without Dogma by Sienkiewicz, Henryk