forgive

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

It’s like two friends: If you must do something that hurts your friend, you tell him first and try to minimize the cost—that’s how friends forgive each other.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

He said: "I don't feel angry, I try not to. It's very difficult to forgive, I'm working on that."

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

“Daniel will forgive you. That boy has put up with much worse from you.”

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

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

“At the end, he’s sorry. He’s just really, really sorry about everything, and that’s enough. Everyone forgives him. Shakespeare lets Leontes be redeemed even though he did all that evil stuff.”

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

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

Kate told him both she and Andy loved and forgave him.

From BBC ● Mar. 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 the meantime, through an oversight that José Arcadio Buendía never forgave himself for, the candy animals made in the house were still being sold in the town.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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

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

Show up on a Wednesday night and you’d be forgiven for thinking it was the middle of a busy Saturday.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

Everything would be forgiven when the three of them were side by side.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

"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 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

Courts are sometimes more forgiving of burdens on speech when the real focus of a law is conduct, and when any restriction on speech is minor and incidental.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

Nancy wasn’t as forgiving of her husband’s critics as Henry was.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 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