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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

He would release them, and shoulder the blame as atonement.

From Slate Jan. 22, 2025

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

From BBC Sep. 26, 2024

No atonement for God, or novelists, even if they are atheists.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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