Example Sentences

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“Be sure to never threaten anyone on my behalf. Whether on the internet or in person. Whether in jest or not. I don’t & never have condoned that.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2023

A philanthropist and longtime film producer, she has no role in the company, and in “The American Dream,” she argues that her grandfather would not have condoned such gross mistreatment of his employees.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2022

The queen may never have condoned "The Crown," but what could she have thought of it?

From Salon • Sep. 20, 2022

In a statement last week, Simon & Schuster responded to the controversy by assuring readers that they “do not and never have condoned discrimination or hate speech in any form”.

From The Guardian • Jan. 4, 2017

It had troubled her greatly at the time, but since then she had had an opportunity of “making up”, which should surely have condoned any previous offence.

From A Girl in Spring-Time by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.