forgive
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Once William accedes to the throne and becomes head of the Church of England it will be his Christian duty "to forgive his brother".
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
And a brother who is not in the mood to forgive... for now.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
But Schoenbrun sticks up for the right to forgive a movie’s flaws.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
So I have no tendency to forgive that individual.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
She’d forgive me when she got over the shock.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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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
The victim, who was not named, is still recovering and learning to trust but forgives the family in an act of faith, the statement said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2024
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
Because I realize: It doesn’t matter if Noah hates me, if he never forgives me.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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She left behind a small stone to honor the dead and forgave herself for not having found a way to save her parents, murdered on arrival at Auschwitz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
In response, Battle’s daughter not only forgave Burton, but has become an active advocate for his clemency.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026
In each instance, despite her pain, Davis forgave him, trusting in the underlying strength of their bond.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 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
He forgave me, maybe because a miserable person can only stand to be alone with their misery for so long.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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In a world where everyone is carrying smartphones and setting up Ring cameras, you could be forgiven for thinking the war is over and the surveillance state won.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
But what’s happened since is so shocking that you’d be forgiven for wondering if Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski had been cloned in a lab at MIT.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
You could be forgiven for thinking Christopher Nolan doesn’t give much thought to what the audience wants.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
The UK's first billionaire sportsman has been in so many adverts from Home Depot to Bank of America, you could be forgiven for forgetting what brand he is actually representing.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
His desertion of her, his long forgetfulness, could not be forgiven in a moment because of his need.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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Which ultimately is a reason to be forgiving of Congress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
She said the camp teaches children about forgiveness, so she and her husband put that lesson into practice by forgiving the people who took the trailer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Toast is forgiving of this kind of thinking.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
While England did benefit from some fixtures being played in air-conditioned stadiums with roofs, such as in Atlanta against DR Congo, other conditions were less forgiving.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Not forgiving himself for mistakes was one of Percy’s biggest talents.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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