Example Sentences

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Few things are less edifying than a mob that has decided to rectify a great wrong in the name of justice and purity.

From The Wall Street Journal

When relationships break down, the fallout can be hard to rectify, and hard to control, he says.

From BBC

"Apologies for that but I promise we will make it better. We are going to go away and work as hard as we can to go away and rectify things."

From BBC

While that issue has now been rectified, Airbus was forced to deliver fewer aircraft than it had initially aimed for last year.

From The Wall Street Journal

The scruffy schoolboy-look was rectified by an anonymous figure inadvertently stealing the situation's authority.

From BBC