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penance

[pen-uhns] / ˈpɛn əns /


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What is that Penance Stare thing he’s doing?’

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Penance is a bubbly and awkward and granted the gift of technological innovation, through which she manipulates electricity.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2021

They brought out a horse, Penance, who was outfitted in goalie pads and trained to kneel reverently.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2019

Roman Catholic bishops issued a Pastoral Statement on Penance and Abstinence, which did away with the rule against eating meat on Fridays outside of Lent.

From Washington Times • Nov. 18, 2018

"The Challenge" appeared in the issue of April 30, 1887, and "Penance" almost two years later, March 9, 1889.

From The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature by Cooper, Frederic Taber




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