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apology

[uh-pol-uh-jee] / əˈpɒl ə dʒi /


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They donated money to nonprofit Everytown for Gun Safety, they wrote, as part of their apology.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

“I know an apology cannot undo what I have done,” he wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

Asked whether the government might reach the point of a formal apology by the time it hosts the G20 leaders' summit in Manchester next November, Miliband told BBC Newscast, external: "Broadly speaking, yes."

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

The U.K. government is preparing to issue a historic apology for its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Shaking the captain’s hand and offering an apology for what might have seemed like a lecture, he disappeared into the evening shadows.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

There’s just a lot of eye rolling that happens if the conversation ever comes up, and apologies do come up as well.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

CCTV's sports website later reported that CMG had acknowledged the apologies, but it remains unclear whether talks to defuse the situation have begun.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

"Questions about slavery, reparations and apologies mean the moral integrity of the monarchy is being questioned."

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

My apologies to all those running the private health insurers.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

We all murmur hasty apologies and scoot farther down the counter.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day


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