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atonement

[uh-tohn-muhnt] / əˈtoʊn mənt /


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Mr. Nesbø specializes in the psychological turf between good and evil, success and failure, violence and atonement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

In all fairness, we don’t know what level of atonement Pitt has made over the years.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2025

Kalyan is also performing what he called 11 days of atonement rituals to rectify the "great injustice".

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2024

He was promised an opportunity at atonement with a scheduled start in Game 4.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2024

“Though it is difficult,” said Jane, “to guess in what way he can mean to make us the atonement he thinks our due, the wish is certainly to his credit.”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen




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