Example Sentences

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Asked after the Supreme Court ruling if he would consider pardoning Maxwell, Trump said, “I’d have to take a look at it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

Gerald Ford is best remembered not for his administration’s fight against inflation or for signing campaign finance reforms but for pardoning his predecessor, Richard Nixon.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2025

"No, I have no contemplation of pardoning myself for anything. I didn’t do anything wrong."

From Salon • Jan. 11, 2025

Although the pardoning power is considered broad, it is not limitless.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2024

Farmer asked, referring to his argument with Alex about pardoning prisoners.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French