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“He was rationalizing the impact of time in this poetic and fascinating manner, and I’m not sure he even realized it. That’s awesome. I found a lot of meaning in it.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 2018

But such fine points tend to elude people insisting on the most convenient, self-serving narrative available, and Zeigler was rationalizing his sustained support for Moore.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2017

The Wizards’ coach was rationalizing how difficult it will be for Washington to win Game 5 Wednesday night.

From Washington Times • May 9, 2017

She was rationalizing her abandonment of a half-completed work, “The Sly Old Cat,” which she had begun a decade earlier.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 1, 2016

Its spirit was rationalizing, and had the qualities which go with rationalism.

From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by Newman, John Henry Cardinal