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It seems almost too obvious to ask, "Would you condone this behaviour if it was directed at your mother/sister/daughter/wife/girlfriend?" but maybe going back to basics is what the trolls or 4chan addicts need.
"Maybe that's the price we've got to pay, which is not to say I condone fasting, bingeing, dieting, regain – of course I'm not.
Nike declined to talk to the Observer, but in an earlier statement it said: "We take the allegations very seriously, as Nike does not condone the use of performance-enhancing drugs in any manner".
No one in mainstream politics can condone what seems to be a move by senior figures in French football to ethnically cleanse the profile of the game.
To be against jailing people for such offences is not to condone what they do, merely to apply some sense of proportion.
Delay Repay Sniper technical adviser Lee Fortnam said it did not condone fraudulent claims, but added that it could be that passengers who had been delayed five minutes on Monday, five minutes on Tuesday, 10 minutes on Wednesday and 10 minutes on Thursday could be tempted to put in for a 30-minute claim for a service they did not use.
The head of that group, KC York, said she has no interest in looking up the names of trappers, and she does not condone harassment.
How do you feel when your friend Britney Spears is mocked and humiliated for having had mental health problems?" In an earlier posting on Facebook, O'Connor wrote: "I do not at all support or condone the abuse or mockery of those who have been brave enough to openly discuss mental health issues.
It ruled that the ad must not appear again in its current form, adding: "We told the Health Lottery to ensure that their ads in future did not encourage or condone gambling behaviour that could lead to harm".
We are not aware if Antony has seen the movie, or indeed if he would condone the practice of systematised global euthanasia, but we do know that he really likes this New York trio who make art-disco or downtown hipster funk, the sort that would have seemed quite at home on ZE Records alongside Was (Not Was), Cristina, Material, James White/Chance and the rest had they been around in the early 80s.
"I don't think one can condone it but it happened.
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The primary grammatical function of "condones" is as a transitive verb . It indicates the act of excusing, overlooking, or allowing something, often an action considered morally questionable. As Ludwig AI confirms, the term is grammatically correct and frequently employed.
Expression frequency: Very common
