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Kai Ryssdal: Caitlin did take mercy on me at one point, tried to pull me out.
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Outside Online, 13 Nov. 2024
And the pair did not take mercy on the uncomfortable host.
—Vulture, 22 Nov. 2023
Eleven years earlier, Aquiles Palomino had urged a judge to take mercy on his son, who was facing sentencing for reentering the country illegally.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2023
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Outside Online, 13 Nov. 2024
And the pair did not take mercy on the uncomfortable host.
—Vulture, 22 Nov. 2023
Eleven years earlier, Aquiles Palomino had urged a judge to take mercy on his son, who was facing sentencing for reentering the country illegally.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2023
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“Take mercy on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20mercy%20on. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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