atoning

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We should say their names, tell their stories, and honor their legacies by atoning for the harms caused and ensuring that nothing like this ever happens again.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Clinton Kelly and Stacy London return as its hosts, older, wiser and atoning for the tough love and scathing real talk they once doled out to style-challenged guests.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2026

Faas—who had sent Mr. Út’s photographer brother on an assignment during which he was killed—may have been atoning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

Roos went some way to atoning for his early error as he stood tall to twice deny Cyriel Dessers, with the second stop an excellent reaction save with his right boot.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2024

As always, too, his thoughts turned quickly to find some way of atoning.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton