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shrived

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past tense of shrive

as in pardoned

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The last woman to be executed in Britain, for gunning down her abusive lover outside a London pub more than 70 years ago, will be conditionally pardoned, Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy said Wednesday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
The White House did not immediately respond to USA TODAY seeking names of those pardoned.

— Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 3 July 2026

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In 2009, after years of strained relations between SSPX and the Holy See, Pope Benedict XVI remitted the 1988 excommunications as a step toward healing the rift.

— Noah LaBelle, NPR, 2 July 2026
The tens of billions that are remitted annually add more to Mexico’s economy than both tourism and oil.

— John Tamny, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

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In 2018, the DNC reformed its primaries on Sanders’s preferred terms, curtailing the role of superdelegates.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 8 July 2026
The Eastern neighborhood will not simply be stabilized and absorbed into European structures, and the Southern perimeter will not be reformed in Europe’s image.

— Galip Dalay, Time, 7 July 2026

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Midway through the service, the bishop blessed the shrine grounds with holy water.

— Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
He has been blessed with terrific talent but clearly has melded that talent to win games and keep the clubhouse on the same page.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026

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Last year, 253 stray pets came into the Humane Society’s local shelters between July 4 and July 7, and only 84 of those pets were reclaimed.

— Madeleine Kashkooli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026
Still others view his increasingly assertive foreign policy as proof Turkey has reclaimed its place on the world stage.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026

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