contrite
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Contrite but eager to show he could still be biting, Mr. Imus staged his return as a $100-per-ticket benefit for his camp for children.
From Washington Post • Dec. 27, 2019
Contrite but eager to show he could still be biting, Imus staged his return as a $100-per-ticket benefit for his camp for children.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2019
Contrite Navy officials conceded that they had accepted increasing risks with uncertified ships and crews, despite repeated warnings from congressional watchdogs and the Navy’s own experts.
From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2017
Contrite wireless carriers and outraged public officials agree this is a travesty, and now the industry insists an ugly chapter in the history of American telecommunications is over.
From BusinessWeek • Jul. 30, 2014
Contrite, he copped a plea to a single felony count and on October 10, 1990, some two weeks after McCandless arrived in Carthage, began serving a four- month sentence in Sioux Falls.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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