atonement
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Mr. Nesbø specializes in the psychological turf between good and evil, success and failure, violence and atonement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
In all fairness, we don’t know what level of atonement Pitt has made over the years.
From Salon • Jun. 30, 2025
“There is and will not be any atonement for abandoning the captives,” he said.
From BBC • Dec. 3, 2024
What full atonement would look like is still up for discussion, but in the meantime the tribe is in the process of acquiring additional lands by year’s end, he says.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024
“A good beginning for a Solidarity Service,” thought Bernard miserably, and foresaw for himself yet another failure to achieve atonement.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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