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repent

[ri-pent] / rɪˈpɛnt /


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To repent, she goes to extreme measures to locate her Black neighbor’s missing Shih Tzu.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025

He asked the judge questions at his sentencing, including, “Does the record reflect that I repent in my sins?”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2024

The Tulkarm Brigades statement said anyone who had been working with Israeli security services had until Dec. 5 to come forward and repent.

From Reuters • Nov. 25, 2023

There would have been a time that I would have had to plan for eating like this — and there would have been a time I would've felt like I had to repent.

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2023

Finally he blurts out, startling me, “The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything...”

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson




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