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Recent Examples of mea culpa
The mea culpa was well-received by the trio and underscored Cora’s ability to smooth over even the most awkward situations.
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Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
Ahead of the album’s release, West published a lengthy mea culpa in The Wall Street Journal as a full-page ad, apologizing for his anti-Semitic remarks.
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Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Apr. 2026
After learning of the response, Carpenter took to X on Saturday afternoon to offer a mea culpa.
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Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Apr. 2026
The bodyguard who allegedly confronted soccer star Jorginho’s stepdaughter during an encounter with Chappell Roan in São Paulo, Brazil over the weekend has issued a mea culpa for the incident and taken full blame.
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Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
26 Mar. 2026
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Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
Ahead of the album’s release, West published a lengthy mea culpa in The Wall Street Journal as a full-page ad, apologizing for his anti-Semitic remarks.
—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Apr. 2026
After learning of the response, Carpenter took to X on Saturday afternoon to offer a mea culpa.
—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Apr. 2026
The bodyguard who allegedly confronted soccer star Jorginho’s stepdaughter during an encounter with Chappell Roan in São Paulo, Brazil over the weekend has issued a mea culpa for the incident and taken full blame.
—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mea culpa
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Offer a practical window, record the task, and protect your break without apology.
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But Carmy is kind of a George Bailey figure in a way, albeit way hotter (apologies to the great Jimmy Stewart) and more damaged.
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Then turn in the most benign of public records requests — access to a calendar, for example — and prepare for weeks of delays and excuses.
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Blaming Others Everyone makes excuses sometimes, says Shaw.
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Kara is addicted to drowning her sorrows and avoiding responsibility, but learns to embrace heroism after embarking on a quest for revenge alongside Ruthye (Eve Ridley).
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Parting is such sweet sorrow, but these guys aren’t going gently into the night just yet.
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Each room explores a different human emotion — joy and love, fear and hope, sadness and gratitude, anger and resilience.
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Working again with collaborators Adrian Utley (Portishead) and Shahzad Ismaily (Ceramic Dog) and joined by Nick Hakim and drummer Tom Skinner (the Smile), Orton uses The Ground Above to create weighty songs that deal with both joy and sadness.
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In all of them, Sugar sees the human spirit persisting through layer upon layer of loneliness, carnage, and grief.
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By the time the credits roll, Kara is forced to confront the grief she's spent years trying to outrun, Ruthye faces a life-defining choice and the film plants the seeds for the next chapter of the DC Universe.
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The Hoffmans are suing Boelter for assault, battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
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Not to mention smoking hot Hart Bochner as the himbo-in-distress.
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Her sensitive and sublime renderings of such states in her fiction and poetry exemplify this ruth.
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“Mea culpa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mea%20culpa. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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