tender mercies
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Leaving it to another day to lay out guideposts for data-related warrants risked leaving Americans’ privacy to the tender mercies of zealous law enforcement and profit-minded corporations.
From Slate • Jul. 1, 2026
The bus to the Polish border was a capsule of exhaustion, grief and tender mercies.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2022
He could leave Syria to its fate, and leave Afghanistan to the tender mercies of Islamabad.
From The Guardian • Jan. 9, 2020
Don’t let the tender mercies of Thanksgiving fall by the wayside too soon just to get an early jump on the sales of the approaching Christmas season.
From Washington Times • Nov. 21, 2018
Then out of habit I fired off the Repentance Psalm: Have mercy upon me, O God, according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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