forgiving

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Typically, this is some combination of cream and eggs, but bread pudding is remarkably forgiving.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

Throughout history, kings and popes traditionally celebrated “jubilee” years with granting pardons and forgiving sins.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Rose will play with McLaren irons and is likely to use the more forgiving game-improver versions at the long end of the bag and blades for the rest.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

A combination of unusually dry conditions and unseasonably high temperatures will make Augusta National’s famously tricky greens even faster and even less forgiving.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

“Don’t see it as forgiving him. See it as allowing yourself to be happy. What will you do with the misery you have chosen? Will you eat misery?”

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie