apologize
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“Nothing is more important than the safety of our customers and people, and we apologize to our customers for the experience and delay in their travels.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
"I just wanted to apologize for how things went down the other night," he wrote.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
“I fully, wholly, and from the bottom of my heart apologize purely in a good way to you,” he wrote.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Yet a growing share of the sector treats profit as suspect and wealth as something for which to apologize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
I wondered if I should apologize to Samir as our weary caravan tottered toward the lights of the lost caravanserai.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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David has one errand of conscience before he goes to the clinic—he apologizes to a friend he once betrayed—but otherwise approaches death with the formality of a man keeping a schedule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
In one, apparently written during or after an overseas golfing trip, Harp apologizes for having sprinted after the president for lack of a golf cart.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
As for his volleyball coach, he appreciated Aghassy giving access to his phone for just a few minutes and apologizes for disrupting his speech.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
Sometimes my mother apologizes to me for not giving me a better father.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
The friar apologizes: “In short, his mathematical experiments have distracted him so much from painting that he cannot abide the paintbrush.”
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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Asked if he had a final statement before his execution, Howard apologized to Swartout's family, who watched from a witness room, US media report.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
“Dancing With the Stars” contestants Guillermo Rodriguez and Jackson Olson have confirmed there is no bad blood between them after the latter apologized for a comment he made on social media.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Eisenhower later apologized for putting Trautman in harm’s way.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
OpenAI apologized Monday for not properly responding to the Australia incident, which involved its AI models accessing government websites without authorization.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
Neither one of us apologized, but the handshake seemed to be enough for Coach.
From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan
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The admittedly nervous executive started Monday’s news conferences by apologizing to the Clippers’ faithful for the aftermath of the Leonard situation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Hyrox co-founder Moritz Fürste posted a statement Sunday on Instagram apologizing for “the recent events in China” and indicating that the competition has taken unspecified steps to prevent another such occurrence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
When youngsters start apologizing for swearing in your presence, you’ve aged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
People have gotten so used to preemptively apologizing for what they like that their mea culpas feel as reflexive as a sneeze.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
I want to tell him I’m sorry, but I’m not sure what I’d be apologizing for.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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