forgive

My colleague Spencer Jakab wrote last week about why investors seem to forgive fallen investing stars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Sell it to your brother, you might cut the price to “give him a deal,” and later even forgive the payments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

One is that investors can be too quick to forgive and forget, focusing on the heady gains instead of reckless behavior.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he wanted to "forgive" protesters who abused him during recent youth-led demonstrations that dealt a rare political setback to his government.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

‘He did some bad things. Some things for which I’ll never forgive him. But with you, I think he did the right thing.’

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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

In their final exchange, Serena apologizes for what she’s done and June forgives her.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025

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

“Maybe if he forgives me, everyone will forget about what I did and I can get out of this pit faster.”

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen

Linda Hoy said Complainant B cried at the meeting when she said she forgave Sir Jeffrey.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 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

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

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026

In each instance, despite her pain, Davis forgave him, trusting in the underlying strength of their bond.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026

All he could think of was to keep apologizing until Senator Mendoza heard him and forgave him.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

In a world where everyone is carrying smartphones and setting up Ring cameras, you could be forgiven for thinking the war is over and the surveillance state won.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

But what’s happened since is so shocking that you’d be forgiven for wondering if Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski had been cloned in a lab at MIT.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

You could be forgiven for thinking Christopher Nolan doesn’t give much thought to what the audience wants.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

The UK's first billionaire sportsman has been in so many adverts from Home Depot to Bank of America, you could be forgiven for forgetting what brand he is actually representing.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

It had been before this very altar that she had come to kneel, so many years ago, to be forgiven.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

This weekend, Peter Parker is back — a little older, more world-weary and facing a far less forgiving market.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

While England did benefit from some fixtures being played in air-conditioned stadiums with roofs, such as in Atlanta against DR Congo, other conditions were less forgiving.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

But when it came to Racicot’s allegations, he was a lot more forgiving.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

“The market is still willing to believe in AI as a secular theme, but it is becoming less forgiving of any signs that returns may be deferred,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026

Then that stinker Paulie T. said, “I’m still mad, and don’t think I’m forgetting anything, Ida B. And I’m not too sure about forgiving, either.”

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan