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One Twitter user said Mr Deshpande was justifying "toxic work culture" at a time when "mass layoffs by Indian start-ups has become a norm."

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2022

I was always looking for ways that she was justifying what happened to herself, and there’s one quote from her lawyer’s opening argument in her trial: “Failure is not a crime.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2022

Soon Talon Anvil was justifying nearly every strike as defensive.

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2021

I don’t know what was in his mind, maybe it was justifying himself: ‘Oh, I said you were great because maybe before I said something else.’

From The Guardian • Aug. 18, 2017

I still thought he was justifying their justice to me.

From The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Wister, Owen