atone for
Example Sentences
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The party certainly has past sins to atone for: D.C. in fact passed a bill to jump the line in 2004 to draw attention to its lack of voting representation in Congress.
From Slate • May 26, 2026
German politicians have been largely supportive of Israel as Germany seeks to atone for the legacy of the Holocaust.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
They got better on both sides of the ball but couldn’t fully atone for their ineffectiveness in the first half.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2025
But his solo status is due to a variety of factors, starting with his desperation to atone for his past mistakes — the worst of which exploited his awful father’s conditioning to obey authority.
From Salon • Aug. 28, 2025
This is one of Annabelle’s struggles, the sense that she must apologize and atone for other people’s actions.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
