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But he also asked lawmakers to consider a kind of "special amnesty for those who repent."

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

If you did something good, rejoice, something bad, repent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Now as a bishop, with a Church commitment to tangibly repent for its past sins, she felt the institution was starting to better represent the Church her mother and many others had stayed loyal to.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

For these reasons, and for all my aforementioned principles about allowing people to repent for their mistakes, I don’t think Platner should drop out of the race.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026

But I doubted he could repent of that.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

Grinch boosters point out that the villain repents and reforms at the end of the story, shedding his pathological hatred of Christmas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 25, 2025

It can't both be true that the accusations are false and also that Hegseth repents of his behavior, as multiple journalists have pointed out.

From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2025

The assumption is that Brady surely repents of the decision to return and that he is “a shell of himself,” as commentator Rex Ryan hazarded, and indeed he seems thin to the point of sickness.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2022

Welby, spiritual leader of the world's Anglicans, called for a "global financial architecture which repents of its past sins", including changes in tax rules to promote green activity.

From Reuters ● Oct. 4, 2021

I would not, if I could, prolong the period of disability by throwing further let or hindrance in the way of an erring brother who repents him truly of his sin.

From Peccavi by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung

In several cases, countries that arrived at trade deals with the U.S. later repented because their deals were too one-sided, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

John Paul visited him in prison in December 1983, where he repented for the crime but did not specify his motives.

From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025

At the time of his 2024 conversion, Brand declared that he had repented of his past and that he would "acknowledge that I am in a battle against myself."

From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2025

"He respected the process, admitted his guilt, repented, accepted court verdicts. Right now he is old, has illness that need caring from medical professional," it read.

From Reuters ● Sep. 1, 2023

It seemed Leah was correct; the spirit would not answer unless Lizzie repented.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

So, there’s a deeper meditation where you are repenting, not only for him but for the dynamics that are happening.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2022

Earlier this month, the National Association of Evangelicals issued a statement repenting for shortcomings in combating poverty and racial inequality.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2020

At one moment—around the time of his mother’s death—he is pulled back toward his inherited faith, repenting his lust for worldly success and begging forgiveness from God.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 14, 2019

Some of China’s most notorious fallen officials are shown repenting on camera, warning of the misery that comes from dirty wealth and imprisonment.

From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2016

Now repenting of their wickedness, the Bible explains, the tribes resolved to “go to a distant land never yet inhabited by man, and there at last to be obedient to their laws.”

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann