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Which character in Star Wars sacrifices himself to redeem his past actions?

redeem

[ri-deem] / rɪˈdim /




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Several hundred fans wanted to redeem their timeless ticket for the World Series.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Blue Owl said it would redeem only 5%.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

These vehicles allow investors to redeem shares quarterly — but usually only up to 5% of a fund’s assets.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Both the Blue Owl funds said they would redeem only 5% of the redemption requests, the standard across the industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

I believed in my heart it was true—that I could let God redeem my past.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

That means that the amount it redeems on June 10 may be less than $30.52 million.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026

And so the evening concludes with an explosion of emotion that redeems its flaws, and sends us reeling, shaken, into the night.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

Under these arrangements, companies or brokers buy forest land to preserve it, so that by absorbing carbon from the atmosphere the land redeems or "offsets" the planet-warming emissions produced by firms' other activities.

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

“Shadow Ticket’s” structure turns the current film adaptation of “Vineland” inside out — that would be “One Battle After Another,” whose thrilling middle more than redeems an only slightly off-key beginning and end.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025

Regarded as individuals, the birds are delightfully convincing: regarded as birds they are dismissed rather carelessly, though, since it is Chaucer who dismisses them, an occasional happy phrase redeems the passage from dullness and monotony.

From Chaucer and His Times by Grace E. Hadow

But he redeemed himself somewhat by declaring that he had finally got a taste for villainy.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

As an apology, the Brewers are allowing people who redeemed for the World Series to attend as planned, while also retaining their timeless ticket for another game in any future season.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Bond yields reflect the current market prices of what the capital gains or losses will be when the bonds are redeemed at face value.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

In that way, I feel creatively redeemed on some level, just in my own journey between me, myself and I. But I feel ready to move on from the ‘Blade’ questions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

They found the cat, but neither the potential conversation nor the afternoon was redeemed.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin

It’s a fun concept—the machine taking on pesky tasks that offer no redeeming mental value—but there’s an important group standing in Big Tech’s way: Big Tech.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

Another redeeming aspect of El Niño: Scientists know where it is likely to strike.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The only redeeming aspect of the show happens here, on a ski slope, when their youngest daughter Valentina, who was born with Down syndrome, is treated to a lesson via an adaptive ski school.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Because private shares are highly illiquid, these investments are bound by lockup agreements, meaning that investors are prohibited from redeeming or withdrawing their capital for a certain period.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

Sometimes, I think everything he did, feeding the poor on the streets, building the orphanage, giving money to friends in need, it was all his way of redeeming himself.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini


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