forgive
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You don’t have to forgive them for what they could have done better, Preserve your energy and try to hold compassion for yourself.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
This is now the only plan that can eventually forgive the debt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
A cat in a sharp green suit says, “You don’t forgive someone because they deserve forgiveness. You forgive them because you need peace.”
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
There’s all this tough stuff, and then we try to forgive each other and let it go, but without saying it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
She’d forgive me when she got over the shock.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
About 50% of borrowers moved into the IBR plan, an older plan that caps monthly payments at 10% or 15% of discretionary income and forgives remaining balances after 20 or 25 years of payments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
There is also a program for public-service employees like teachers that forgives any remaining balance after 10 years.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026
She forgives the debt of three men so they’ll change their names to Roy Tillman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2024
There's something magnanimous about the way Bon forgives his friend without condition, or because he knows that what they've gone through forces people to say things and think things when they know better.
From Salon ● May 27, 2024
He tells me God forgives me and I must forgive myself, that God loves me and I must love myself for only when you love God in yourself can you love all God’s creatures.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
She left behind a small stone to honor the dead and forgave herself for not having found a way to save her parents, murdered on arrival at Auschwitz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
The speech was exploitative, but not demeaning, and the public forgave Nixon.
From Salon ● May 8, 2026
In response, Battle’s daughter not only forgave Burton, but has become an active advocate for his clemency.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026
While their daughter, Alice, says her father "never forgave himself".
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
He told me that unless I forgave myself this would go on and on and I would never be able to stop running.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
It requires 30 years of monthly payments before the debt can be forgiven.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
In other versions of income-driven repayment, borrowers could have their loans forgiven after 20 or 25 years.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
Interestingly, reading the two cases back-to-back, you might be forgiven for not recognizing the similarities.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
Janeites may be forgiven for overlooking, if not outright loathing, Mary Bennet from Austen’s sacred “Pride & Prejudice” text.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
I felt I was forgiven, and though I wasn’t sure for what, this was a relief.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Annette Gordon-Reed’s tone in “Jefferson on Race” is more forgiving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
“The market is still willing to believe in AI as a secular theme, but it is becoming less forgiving of any signs that returns may be deferred,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
But his personal life stemmed from not ever forgiving his mother for leaving him behind when he was little.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
But the next 100 days could be less forgiving.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
She had said this about Papa in a mild, forgiving way, as if it were not Papa’s fault, as one would talk about a person who was shouting gibberish from a severe case of malaria.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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