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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

"I can't forgive them for how they've made an awful traumatic experience last for months," she added.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

But this is also a story about literal class warfare, one in which those who oppose the privileges of blood are unwilling to forgive the sins of the fathers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

“The children would never forgive me,” she told him.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney

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

She forgives the debt of three men so they’ll change their names to Roy Tillman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 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

Noah looks down at the ground, says quietly, “But it’s the only time she forgives me.”

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

“I don’t know how you’re doing it,” Bustillos’ mother said after Gonzalez told Bustillos she forgave him for the crash.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

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

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

When finally the son came to his senses, his father forgave him and removed each of the nails.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

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

You’d be forgiven for thinking the U.S. is slouching toward recession based on the gloomy headlines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

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

I hated to think of her getting all twisty waiting for me, but all would be forgiven when she heard I’d been with James.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

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

"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 trustee for the GRATs paid the annuities due to her by forgiving portions of the notes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

The point is to notice that stuffing, stripped of its ceremonial duties, is an exceptionally forgiving way to turn bread and whatever else you have into dinner.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

These patches of disorder make no difference — it is a house too spectacular to suffer distraction, forgiving of oversight and mess.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri