forgiveness
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When Mary shows up unexpectedly, asking Sam for the two things she won’t provide — forgiveness and a dress — the pair slowly find their bond regenerating, pulled back together by forces outside their control.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
But she told police she never knew what the forgiveness was for.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Berman recommends getting on an income-driven repayment program, which would put me in an affordable payment plan where the monthly payments would also count toward my loan forgiveness.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
But he has long taken the spiritual demand to speak truth to power seriously, and balanced it always with a belief in the power of forgiveness.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Originally, we planned to ask Mr. Neely if we could use his window after school on Monday, but Twig shook her head and said sagely, “Better to ask forgiveness than permission.”
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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