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But he also asked lawmakers to consider a kind of "special amnesty for those who repent."

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Now as a bishop, with a Church commitment to tangibly repent for its past sins, she felt the institution was starting to better represent the Church her mother and many others had stayed loyal to.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

For these reasons, and for all my aforementioned principles about allowing people to repent for their mistakes, I don’t think Platner should drop out of the race.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026

Even the thief crucified alongside him, in the final minutes of his life, with nothing to offer and everything to repent, received the same promise: today you will be with me in paradise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

He spoke quickly, as if to give himself no time to repent of his offer, and hurried away even before my husband had assented.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

It can't both be true that the accusations are false and also that Hegseth repents of his behavior, as multiple journalists have pointed out.

From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2025

The assumption is that Brady surely repents of the decision to return and that he is “a shell of himself,” as commentator Rex Ryan hazarded, and indeed he seems thin to the point of sickness.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2022

Welby, spiritual leader of the world's Anglicans, called for a "global financial architecture which repents of its past sins", including changes in tax rules to promote green activity.

From Reuters ● Oct. 4, 2021

After Everyman repents of his sins, Good Deeds does gather her strength, and she calls on Beauty, Discretion, Strength, Knowledge, and Five Wits to join them.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 26, 2017

No doubt the old man repents of his folly and ill-humour now; but, of course, I can have nothing more to say to him.

From A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) by Frances Eleanor Trollope

In several cases, countries that arrived at trade deals with the U.S. later repented because their deals were too one-sided, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

John Paul visited him in prison in December 1983, where he repented for the crime but did not specify his motives.

From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025

At the time of his 2024 conversion, Brand declared that he had repented of his past and that he would "acknowledge that I am in a battle against myself."

From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2025

He said he had since "personally repented for this error," adding: "Looking back, I realise that I should have respectfully declined the request at the time."

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2023

Later on, he heard about his sins, arid he repented sincerely, but he thought the amending was harder than it had any right to be.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

That is, if you view him as repenting genuinely.

From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2022

So, there’s a deeper meditation where you are repenting, not only for him but for the dynamics that are happening.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2022

Bryce Brewer, a Christian youth pastor in Spokane, Washington, wanted to “make Jesus famous” by repenting in a Facebook post for banning bikinis from youth camps.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 15, 2021

Earlier this month, the National Association of Evangelicals issued a statement repenting for shortcomings in combating poverty and racial inequality.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2020

And the manufacturers and importers and salesmen down on their knees, repenting in public, conical paper hats like dunce hats on their heads, shame printed on them in red.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood