amends
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Though she assures readers that students do suffer consequences, including suspension, for infractions, the goal at HVA is for students to understand what they have done wrong and to make amends.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
In an advert in the Wall Street Journal headlined "To Those I've Hurt", West said he knew he had to make amends.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
Lindsay has made amends with the franchise since as she cheered Paul on during the special, advising, “We’re here to make her comfortable, to keep it real.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
Declan Rice was making all these runs too, bursting forward to try to make amends for his mistake for Tottenham's equaliser, so there was all sorts going on.
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026
Charles had made amends, somewhat, with the Horner girls and their parents, but it would be too awkward to run into them all the time on the block where they lived.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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