make reparations
Example Sentences
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In the run-up to the summit, there have been growing calls from Commonwealth leaders for the UK to apologise and make reparations.
From BBC • Oct. 24, 2024
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is still working to figure out how the county should make reparations to Black Angelenos discriminated against over the decades by government actions.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024
In July - following an independent report - the then Defence Secretary Ben Wallace promised a Westminster debate about how best to make reparations.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2023
Evanston, Illinois became the first U.S. city last year to make reparations available for Black residents, and public officials in New York will try anew to create a reparations commission in the state.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2022
“My first act,” I wrote, “will be to confess that I love you. I’ll beg pardon a thousand times for causing you unhappiness and make reparations by making you laugh a thousand times.”
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
