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atonement

[uh-tohn-muhnt] / əˈtoʊn mənt /


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Mr. Nesbø specializes in the psychological turf between good and evil, success and failure, violence and atonement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

In all fairness, we don’t know what level of atonement Pitt has made over the years.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2025

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

From Slate • Jan. 22, 2025

It does not cost anything, just a public act of atonement for past sins.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2024

His niece had been subdued and submissive since her walk of atonement, thank the gods.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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