making amends
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An AI system has no stake; it isn’t capable of reform or making amends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
We’re already amply aware that some stars are just so talented that they’re beyond accountability or making amends for previous power abuses that irreparably harmed other people and their careers.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
But I didn’t want to “surrender” to anything, nor to spend my whole life making amends and walking a path of eternal deprivation and self-denial like I saw in popular recovery communities.
From Slate ● Feb. 15, 2026
“It’s going to be living the rest of my life making amends because I took something that was really beautiful and I just tore it down year after year, day after day.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2025
Tyler Crowley was impossible, following me around, obsessed with making amends to me somehow.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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