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Recent Examples of atone
In each case, Reid felt the player was a good-hearted person who had done something terrible but was sincere in his desire to atone and grow.
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Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2025
Instead, they are told to atone for their race, leave because of their names, and purify their blood.
—Churchill Ndonwie, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
In an interview, Hood challenged the idea that death is a just punishment for a person like Nelson, whose life before becoming involved with crime was rife with suffering and abuse for which no one atoned.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Pak atones for a three-putt bogey on the 18th hole in regulation that set up the playoff.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025
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Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2025
Instead, they are told to atone for their race, leave because of their names, and purify their blood.
—Churchill Ndonwie, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
In an interview, Hood challenged the idea that death is a just punishment for a person like Nelson, whose life before becoming involved with crime was rife with suffering and abuse for which no one atoned.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Pak atones for a three-putt bogey on the 18th hole in regulation that set up the playoff.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for atone
Verb
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Taylor apologized and said bear crawls would no longer be a part of the practice routine.—
Mike Stunson,
Kansas City Star,
25 Sep. 2025
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This comes after emails published on the Mail on Sunday reveal Ferguson apologized to Epstein just weeks after publicly disowning him in 2011.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
25 Sep. 2025
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In the documentary, Noguera says Naso confessed to killing 26 people.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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Maurice, Robert and Michael all confessed to the crime at different times over the next eight years.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Radiation can also be used to palliate painful bone metastases, as well as chemotherapy.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
1 Oct. 2024
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Senior-home avatars who are designed to palliate dementia patients in their darkest days.—
Longreads,
Longreads,
12 Apr. 2024
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If Gaza does not count, then nothing does—and the crime of crimes becomes just another weapon for the powerful to excuse, ignore, or commit with impunity.—
Faisal Kutty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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That’s not to excuse the personal foul on Talanoa Hufanga that handed Los Angeles 15 yards on its game-winning drive.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
22 Sep. 2025
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After World War II, German companies aggressively worked to whitewash their Nazi past and rebrand themselves.—
Robert M. Ehrenreich,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Sep. 2025
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Critics see Trump's moves as an effort to whitewash ugly portions of American history.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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On September 24, Judge Smith permanently enjoined DHS from enforcing broad new immigration compliance conditions on a wide range of preparedness grants, ruling the agency had exceeded its statutory authority and failed to justify departing from longstanding grant practices.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Among customers and in financial markets, skepticism is rising as some question whether the massive investment in AI will ever be justified by revenues.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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Boards under pressure for growth routinely make the wrong choice—rationalizing the damage as a problem for their successors.—
Andrew King,
Fortune,
20 Sep. 2025
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Since then, many on the right have celebrated the move and rationalized it one way or another.—
Sal Rodriguez,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Atone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atone. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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