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shrift
noun as in penance
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Even the tragic death of his son Rick, who died in a car accident in 1991, is given relatively short shrift.
From Los Angeles Times
Confounding matters is the short shrift that’s given to Ernst’s personal story.
From Los Angeles Times
Meanwhile, state and local health departments get short shrift.
From Salon
Tuesday, though, tends to get short shrift — or at least it did until 2014, when the rapper iLoveMakonnen released a ubiquitous ode to clubbing on the most banal day of the week.
From New York Times
Climate reporter Conrad Swanson gives short shrift to the viability of residential solar in the Pacific Northwest.
From Seattle Times
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