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atoned

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past tense of atone

as in apologized

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Minutes later, Weinstein apologized while underscoring his claims of innocence.

— MICHAEL R. SISAK, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
After a week of both sides-ing too close to the sun, Ed Sheeran apologized to his fans.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2026

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McVay finally confessed to that after beating the New York Giants in a game his team showed much more energy and better execution.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Deputy Attorney General Ellen Meilaender said Allen confessed multiple times to the killings, and witnesses identified Allen based on his clothing that day.

— Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 21 Sep. 2026

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Senior quarterback Dante Moore was nowhere to be found during media availability following the Ducks' loss on the road, which was noticed by every reporter in the room, but according to head coach Dan Lanning, his absence was excused.

— Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026
The jury requested to be excused for the day hours after telling Judge William Sullivan that it was deadlocked and could not reach a unanimous decision.

— Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of excused

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Prosecutors said the seriousness of the collision justified murder charges.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
As generative AI has become capable of handling much of the work that once justified junior content hires, startups had an obvious reason to postpone building communications teams.

— Andrey Insarov, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026

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