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atonement

[uh-tohn-muhnt] / əˈtoʊn mənt /


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“I understand that meaningful atonement is not achieved through an exhibition, institutional recognition or a single public gesture,” Galliano said in a statement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

For all his personal failings, Bill Clinton has always clung to the promise of forgiveness and the process of atonement.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2025

He would release them, and shoulder the blame as atonement.

From Slate ● Jan. 22, 2025

“There is and will not be any atonement for abandoning the captives,” he said.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2024

Perhaps the reason Yakov had possessed me was because he had been chasing after the same atonement I had yearned for all along.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros


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