Example Sentences

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Atrocities were also committed against one of Israel’s more hidden minorities, Bedouin Arabs.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2023

Atrocities stir up emotions that make calls for calm consideration seem naive and insulting.

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2023

One way we as a country could celebrate today’s International Day of Peace is to fully fund peacebuilding programs like the Complex Crises Fund, Atrocities Prevention and Reconciliation programs.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023

Atrocities are somebody’s fault, often both the perpetrator’s and numerous enablers’, and they can often be stopped.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2022

Atrocities such as mentioned are highly to be condemned, no matter who the perpetrators are; but in itself, the U-boat warfare was an allowable means of defence.

From In the World War by Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, Ottokar Theobald Otto Maria, Graf