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apologize

[uh-pol-uh-jahyz] / əˈpɒl əˌdʒaɪz /


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The think tank apologized for what it said was an “unauthorized and unapproved edit” and fired an employee over the incident.

From The Wall Street Journal

Some years they spent this day apologizing for their playoff collapses.

From Los Angeles Times

Lemon was pulled from the air and forced to apologize to colleagues, some of whom had called for his dismissal.

From Los Angeles Times

Sometimes my mother apologizes to me for not giving me a better father.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I do apologize,” I say, removing my backside from the squash of her box.

From Literature