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Recent Examples of mea culpa
Disney and Paramount warned it to stop with legal letters, sparking the mea culpa.
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2026
After it was caught amplifying the Bush Administration’s lies about weapons of mass destruction and the ease of regime change in Iraq, America’s own newspaper of record issued a mea culpa in 2004.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
In a new interview with Vanity Fair, Ye answered some questions about the mea culpa.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
Sturm offered a postgame mea culpa.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 16 Jan. 2026
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2026
After it was caught amplifying the Bush Administration’s lies about weapons of mass destruction and the ease of regime change in Iraq, America’s own newspaper of record issued a mea culpa in 2004.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
In a new interview with Vanity Fair, Ye answered some questions about the mea culpa.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
Sturm offered a postgame mea culpa.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 16 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mea culpa
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The apology followed a report released on Wednesday by the state Board of Audit and Inspection, which found that unplanned maneuvers for personal filming led to the collision between two F-15K jets during a formation flight near the city of Daegu in December 2021.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2026
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His video exceeded the council’s 3-minute, individual time limit on public comment, and the mayor ordered the video cut off just after Houbeck made his apology statement.—
Barbara Henry,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Apr. 2026
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Venus and Saturn make this full moon the right time to finally take a look at your figures without excuses.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
25 Apr. 2026
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Yet both Piker and Tolentino move from discussing nonlethal crimes of nuisance and destruction to making excuses for murder.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed sorrow over the accident and announced monetary relief for the victims’ families.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2026
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Parents expressed sorrow at seeing a pillar of their children’s music journey gone too soon.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2026
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The scene where Artax the horse gets stuck in the swamps of sadness?—
Redazione People,
Vanity Fair,
27 Apr. 2026
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Family members said it’s been a long road of frustration, agony and sadness watching Hitchcock’s death sentences get overturned three times amid the nearly a dozen appeals his attorneys have filed over the decades.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
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Nataliia’s death sparked a period of national grief.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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In her latest Netflix action effort, Theron plays a woman who sets off on a trip to Australia to soothe her grief but unwittingly crosses paths with Egerton’s unnerving hunter, who forces her into a game of cat and mouse.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
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Mavromatis, in a complaint filed on Wednesday in North Carolina federal court, alleges violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act, wrongful discharge and intentional infliction of emotional distress.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2026
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Her suit accuses the company of violating the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, intentionally inflicting emotional distress, and wrongfully terminating her.—
Irin Carmon,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Mea culpa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mea%20culpa. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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