repentant
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Repentant crooks can offer monetary restitution to their victims, but there's no way to reclaim misspent time.
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2022
Repentant thieves return Big Bird costume with a note: ‘Sorry to be such a big birden’
From Washington Post • Nov. 15, 2021
Maajid Nawaz: The Repentant Radical A former extremist warns of a resurgent al-Qaeda.
From Newsweek • Oct. 15, 2012
In the Cleveland Museum's Repentant St. Peter, the spell is cast by a lantern that bathes St. Peter's ordeal in a glow of searing red that seems on the verge of bursting into flames.
From Time Magazine Archive
Repentant tears had fallen on the humble memento.
From Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories by Baker, Sarah S. (Sarah Schoonmaker)
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