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And Hruska, bless his heart, leans into the job with an earnestness that belies the act of deceitfulness he perpetrates with each press of the touch screen.

From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2020

“When someone perpetrates wrongdoing, it is the fault of that person or those persons who did that,” she said.

From Washington Times • Aug. 25, 2020

“I find myself in the position of a well-intentioned man. It’s difficult. And it’s always difficult if you’re not part of the community, but part of the community that perpetrates the actual action.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2017

Climbing artist and illustrator, Phil Gibson, is also surprisingly dismissive of the project offering, What a pity that Mr Armitage has chosen to carve his scroll across the rocks that he perpetrates to covet.

From The Guardian • Aug. 1, 2012

The one again and again perpetrates its misdeed, the other looks on horrified and suffers agonies.

From Morals and the Evolution of Man by Nordau, Max Simon