apology
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Senedd officials confirmed an apology would have to be made in the chamber during a plenary session.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
They donated money to nonprofit Everytown for Gun Safety, they wrote, as part of their apology.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
"I want to ask them if they could apologise directly, I would like not to have a deflected answer, just straightforward apology," he says.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
LONDON—The U.K. government is preparing to make a historic apology for its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, after decades of pressure from former colonies seeking reparations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Clare fiddled with his monocle, grappling with an apology.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Harrison issued several apologies, and was pulled from hosting the season’s “After the Final Rose” finale, which sparked a social media debate about whether he should leave the show permanently.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 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
My apologies to all those running the private health insurers.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
Sadly, airplanes are the new Greyhound buses—with apologies to Greyhound.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
He went about his chores in the same tranquil way, with a kind word for each of his pets and apologies to the guinea pigs when they had to be strapped under the wire cages.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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