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are acquitting

  • present progressive
    of acquit.
    acquit
    verb (used with object)
    to relieve from a charge of fault or crime; declare not guilty.

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Now US courts are acquitting even those who pleaded guilty, such as Mike Curtler, saying they must be viewed as innocent.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2022

These lower order players are acquitting themselves well though, and they bring up the 250 after Rabada’s sturdy push through extra cover for four.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 14, 2016