repentant
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Fourth, a question that has haunted chancelleries for several months: Is the new master of Damascus, Ahmed al-Sharaa, truly a repentant former member of al Qaeda?
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026
Others note that it’s never the repentant Grinch who marauds through schools and holiday parades or blows up on social media.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025
After going through weeks of rehabilitation there, the men are reintegrated into society under the government's ongoing amnesty programme for repentant Boko Haram members.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2024
It did so for repentant former Confederate General James Longstreet .
From Salon • Dec. 20, 2023
“What a good girl you are, Amy!” said Jo, with a repentant glance from her own damaged costume to that of her sister, which was fresh and spotless still.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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