forgive

Real friends might forgive Misty when she lets them down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Clemency, meaning mercy or leniency, lets the president reduce the punishment for, or even forgive, federal crimes.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

He said: "I don't feel angry, I try not to. It's very difficult to forgive, I'm working on that."

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Patrick Clancy has asked the public to forgive his ex-wife, saying the woman portrayed in media reports isn’t the person he knew.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

“Edward Ashton! The lying scoundrel. I’ll not soon forgive him for the nasty trick he played on me. Any foe of his is a friend of mine, and I mean it.”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

About 50% of borrowers moved into the IBR plan, an older plan that caps monthly payments at 10% or 15% of discretionary income and forgives remaining balances after 20 or 25 years of payments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

There is also a program for public-service employees like teachers that forgives any remaining balance after 10 years.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026

In their final exchange, Serena apologizes for what she’s done and June forgives her.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025

There's something magnanimous about the way Bon forgives his friend without condition, or because he knows that what they've gone through forces people to say things and think things when they know better.

From Salon ● May 27, 2024

I know she forgives me, just as her mother forgives her.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green

Linda Hoy said Complainant B cried at the meeting when she said she forgave Sir Jeffrey.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

The speech was exploitative, but not demeaning, and the public forgave Nixon.

From Salon ● May 8, 2026

They helped each other with childcare, and one loaned her money for her daughters’ tuition and then forgave the loan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026

In response, Battle’s daughter not only forgave Burton, but has become an active advocate for his clemency.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026

It was an accident and the boy’s father forgave Hercules, but Hercules could not forgive himself and he went into exile for a time.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Other pitfalls just have to be forgiven, like when Abrams has to explain how he’s feeling with an air hose between his teeth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

The proposal is breathtaking in its audacity, so much so that you could be forgiven for being distracted by all the elements and missing the bigger picture.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

For companies that eventually turned profitable, hyperbole can be forgiven as a youthful indiscretion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

You could be forgiven for thinking this is another celebrity trying his hand at boxing in an era of influencer fights and crossover events.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

It might redeem her enough in the eyes of the law that she'd be forgiven for the other bad things she'd done that night.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

But after Gouken’s tragic murder — the particulars will eventually be revealed in flashbacks — Ken and Ryu went their separate ways, Ken never forgiving Ryu for failing to save Gouken’s life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

“If you designed your Muse avatar or if you designed your Dot in the likeness of your pet, perhaps you would feel a little bit more forgiving if your pet coughs up a hairball, right?”

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

"We all make mistakes, we all forget things. It's not the end of the world. If you can go back and make a humour of it the audience are quite forgiving and accepting."

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The galette, which is essentially a freeform pie, is already one of the great weeknight forms — sweet or savory, rustic by design, deeply forgiving.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

But over time she showed me who she really was, a forgiving friend, faithful to the truth, brave enough to take action.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth