forgive

Real friends might forgive Misty when she lets them down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

It’s like two friends: If you must do something that hurts your friend, you tell him first and try to minimize the cost—that’s how friends forgive each other.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

He said: "I don't feel angry, I try not to. It's very difficult to forgive, I'm working on that."

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Patrick Clancy has asked the public to forgive his ex-wife, saying the woman portrayed in media reports isn’t the person he knew.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Some of us, like Vivian and Lois, would never forgive him, but others?

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

About 50% of borrowers moved into the IBR plan, an older plan that caps monthly payments at 10% or 15% of discretionary income and forgives remaining balances after 20 or 25 years of payments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

There is also a program for public-service employees like teachers that forgives any remaining balance after 10 years.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026

In their final exchange, Serena apologizes for what she’s done and June forgives her.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025

There's something magnanimous about the way Bon forgives his friend without condition, or because he knows that what they've gone through forces people to say things and think things when they know better.

From Salon ● May 27, 2024

I know now that she forgives me for being dumb and scared and doing the dumb and scared thing.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green

I never forgave him for leaving us and hurting my mother.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

The speech was exploitative, but not demeaning, and the public forgave Nixon.

From Salon ● May 8, 2026

In response, Battle’s daughter not only forgave Burton, but has become an active advocate for his clemency.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026

Clough never forgave Taylor, who was by then managing Derby County, for signing Robertson on a transfer with a fee to be decided by a tribunal, without informing him of his plans.

From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2025

“You let me come with you, even after acquiring your uncle’s car. And it looks like you’re beginning to forgive Jacqui for...well, for just being Jacqui. You even forgave Kelton after the whole drone thing.”

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

The Dodgers could be forgiven for believing it will all work out in the end.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

McBurnie, not so much the prodigal son but now the forgiven one, had that big chance six minutes into the new half - the one he would have dreamed about.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

They allege their student loans were forgiven, but that the consequences of their debt live on.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Investors returning from the Labor Day break could be forgiven for wondering if their eyes were deceiving them, but yes, futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were significantly worse than the S&P 500.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

My feet still haven’t forgiven me for turning them into chunks of ice.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden

"We all make mistakes, we all forget things. It's not the end of the world. If you can go back and make a humour of it the audience are quite forgiving and accepting."

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The galette, which is essentially a freeform pie, is already one of the great weeknight forms — sweet or savory, rustic by design, deeply forgiving.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

Courts are sometimes more forgiving of burdens on speech when the real focus of a law is conduct, and when any restriction on speech is minor and incidental.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

The cancers Merck and Moderna are pursuing next are less forgiving.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Then that stinker Paulie T. said, “I’m still mad, and don’t think I’m forgetting anything, Ida B. And I’m not too sure about forgiving, either.”

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan