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forgive

[fer-giv] / fərˈgɪv /


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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

Clemency, meaning mercy or leniency, lets the president reduce the punishment for, or even forgive, federal crimes.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

"You have destroyed my whole world. If Immy was here now, I know exactly what she would say to me, but I'm not Immy and I will never forgive you."

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

“So you see, you must continue or my little sister would never forgive me. And I think—” Then there was a knock at the door, so I didn’t get to hear what Luc thought.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

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

I know now that she forgives me for being dumb and scared and doing the dumb and scared thing.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green

Modi himself addressed the issue in a selfie video where he said it was "a culture shock" to see young women using expletives, but added that he forgave them.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

The speech was exploitative, but not demeaning, and the public forgave Nixon.

From Salon ● May 8, 2026

After her editor sent 11 pages of feedback and issued a two-month deadline for an overhaul, Fortune forgave herself for not getting a gold star on her first draft.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

In response, Battle’s daughter not only forgave Burton, but has become an active advocate for his clemency.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026

I only knew at this moment, my father forgave me for not having done what I was supposed to do: look out for my sisters.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia

Against a backdrop of relatively high cancellation rates and steep fares compared with previous decades, rail users could be forgiven for forming the impression that things are not working.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 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

The Dodgers could be forgiven for believing it will all work out in the end.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

They allege their student loans were forgiven, but that the consequences of their debt live on.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

This may seem trivial, but there’s one incident I’ve never forgiven her for.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

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

Apples are at least somewhat forgiving – the harvest window for those Granny Smiths is three weeks long, says Carter.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The galette, which is essentially a freeform pie, is already one of the great weeknight forms — sweet or savory, rustic by design, deeply forgiving.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

But critics say there is a difference between forgiving Galliano’s words and throwing a glamorous party in his honor—which also would fall at the start of Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Yom HaShoah in Hebrew.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Arwyl would notice if I was absent, and he was not forgiving of such things.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss


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