amends
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When a portfolio company runs into trouble, the sponsor amends the credit agreement, injects equity, finds a buyer, and extends the runway.
From Barron's • May 30, 2026
Mavropanos thought he had made amends for his 15th-minute own goal when he headed home El-Hadji Malick Diouf's free-kick midway through the first half, but he was ruled to be just offside.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
Now she’s trying to make amends, including paying more than $6.6 million in restitution and forfeiture.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Those that do so, he said in an interview, could expect his help to “make amends with the federal government and us.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
“I’d rather not ask the obscene motive for this. I’d like to think that you’re attempting to make amends in your simple way for slandering me on my dismal first day with this ludicrous wagon.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Vocabulary lists containing amends
The Kite Runner
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