wronged
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She added: "Eddy is well-mannered, he does not fight, or shout, even when wronged, he says a few words and does not go so much into it."
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
CBS’s upcoming legal drama “Cupertino,” premiering next month, portrays tech giants as Goliaths against a team of scrappy attorneys taking up the causes of those wronged by them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
But it’s Bracco who keeps the movie honest, making the wronged wife more than a stock character and giving the affair consequences the movie can’t romanticize away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
But I’ve no doubt that, like me, many people found comfort in the story’s resolute belief in humankind’s capacity for grace even after someone has greatly wronged us.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
“I finally experienced it. I saw some of the people that I had wronged when I was growing up, and disrespected. And all their faces came in front of me.”
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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