mended

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When he entered the race for attorney general, Roy said he and Trump had mended fences, pointing to the president’s remark last summer that Roy is “not easy, but he’s good.”

From Salon • May 29, 2026

Belgacem said the fund has "mended trust between citizens and the state by implementing projects that had been abandoned for years".

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Luna touts his experience and relationships with other county agencies and oversight bodies he said he’s mended since Villanueva’s combative tenure.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

It’s only when we feel mended enough that we can set aside or repurpose the objects that made us feel broken.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

From this new and intimate perspective, she learned a simple, obvious thing she had always known, and everyone knew: that a person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn, not easily mended.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan