penance
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As if doing penance for the past, all four of the film’s stars are associated with superhero franchises.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
His penance is to “pass, like night, from land to land,” repeating his story: “And till my ghastly tale is told, / This heart within me burns.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
Williams’ Anna absorbs his fury as though it were the penance she herself would mete out for her sins.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025
Somewhere deep in the wiring, there was still this belief that a salad, no matter how decadent, was supposed to be a kind of penance.
From Salon • May 19, 2025
Preemptive penance and absolution were doctrines researched and developed by the Consistorial Court, but not known to the wider Church.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing penance
Fahrenheit 451
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The Poet X
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The Joy Luck Club
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