do penance
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Corporate heads will be called to do penance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Alito carefully clipped out the words "she shall do penance for seven years" from the quotation, between "quick" and "as."
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2022
You must admit your failure to appreciate this orthodoxy and do penance, or you will not survive in the job.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 10, 2020
I eat too much junk food and do penance with organic salad.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 17, 2015
“Tell me, Van Eck. Will you do penance? Ghezen frowns on broken contracts.”
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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