atone
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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
AFP journalists saw devotees deliberately puncturing their skin with glass shards attached to a small wooden paddle to ensure their bleeding during the ritual, a way to atone for sins and seek miracles from God.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Having suppressed its military for years in an attempt to atone for the horrors it perpetrated, can Germany fulfil its newfound ambition to become Europe's preeminent military power?
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
To atone, Ana-Maria says, they must eat sour grapes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
I felt that I had done something unclean, something for which I could never properly atone.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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