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forgive

[fer-giv] / fərˈgɪv /


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Asked by CBS if he could forgive his foes, when faced with going to heaven or not, he demurred.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

Respect the man, but try to forgive his illness.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

If you’re going this route, McKeown advises against having a fixed plan to forgive the debt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Real friends might forgive Misty when she lets them down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Bobby always held that it was easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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

—She said he forgives me too, but he’s havin’ a harder time dealin’ with this.

From "Tears of a Tiger" by Sharon M. Draper

He never forgave Dewey’s people for keeping him on a leash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Linda Hoy said Complainant B cried at the meeting when she said she forgave Sir Jeffrey.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 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

His contemporaries thought him “stand-offish,” yet forgave him, saying, “Oh, Kenyon. It’s just that he lives in a world of his own.”

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

One could be forgiven if memories of the cool-internet era have grown fuzzier over the years, now that the web has become a self-regulating machine in an indomitable surveillance system and all.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

Asked if he's forgiven himself he says no - but he is happy again.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Other pitfalls just have to be forgiven, like when Abrams has to explain how he’s feeling with an air hose between his teeth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

The proposal is breathtaking in its audacity, so much so that you could be forgiven for being distracted by all the elements and missing the bigger picture.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

I knew she had forgiven me when she asked me to read to her a volume of love sonnets, which were said to be the latest fashion in England.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

“That’s a tough barometer that Americans are not very forgiving on,” De Haan told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

"Strong results are no longer enough if the outlook fails to match an already demanding valuation. Investors are becoming much less forgiving."

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

But after Gouken’s tragic murder — the particulars will eventually be revealed in flashbacks — Ken and Ryu went their separate ways, Ken never forgiving Ryu for failing to save Gouken’s life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

“If you designed your Muse avatar or if you designed your Dot in the likeness of your pet, perhaps you would feel a little bit more forgiving if your pet coughs up a hairball, right?”

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

“Garrett may have mentioned it in passing. But don’t get him in trouble. I only bring it up to add evidence to my argument about your forgiving nature.”

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman


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