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Recent Examples of shrive
Shrove Tuesday derives from the Anglo-Saxon Christian practice of going to confession and being shriven, or absolved of sins before the 40-day fast leading up to Easter.
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Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2023
Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shrive
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Barack Obama faced injunctions against Obamacare and Joe Biden's plan to forgive student loans was blocked.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
18 May 2025
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The Chiefs’ leader will have celebrated his 30th birthday when Arrowhead rolls out the red-and-gold carpet for Jayden Daniels & Co., but given the weird dilation of post-COVID time and the Chiefs’ watery ubiquity, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Mahomes went to high school with Sid Luckman.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
16 May 2025
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After all, Trump pardoned almost 1,600 people charged with assailing the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election results.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
10 May 2025
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Other fake executive orders included pardoning author J.K. Rowling and outlawing ghosts.—
Lauren Irwin,
The Hill,
4 May 2025
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Amid stricter border controls and an increase in ICE detentions nationwide, Donald Trump's administration has empowered ICE and expanded its enforcement remit, with it now able to conduct raids in or near sensitive location such as schools.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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Cybersecurity is a new and growing part of the CFO remit, with budgets and responsibilities increasing rapidly.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Shrive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shrive. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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