reparation

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"Grassroots movements and pressure from international bodies like the UN are the reasons why many countries, some more timidly and some more decisively, have started discussing reparation policies," said Martinez, the researcher into Spanish colonialism.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

“The arduous reparation from the ravages of the pandemic are all but complete, with the shares now having exceeded the record highs achieved in 2018,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Energy companies warned the reparation work might take several days.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

The allusion to economic justifications for the Confederacy’s inhumane cruelty is mocked and transformed, while also implying the process as Black reparation.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025

But he understood, looking at the boy, a little of how it had been with his own father, he felt the need to make some kind of reparation.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill