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shrived

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variants or shrove

past tense of shrive

as in pardoned

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Rodney Taylor, a double amputee and Atlanta father of seven, was detained in Stewart Detention Center for 15 months in connection with a decades-old burglary charge that was later pardoned, advocates said.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Several months later, in December 2024, Joe pardoned his son before leaving the White House.

— Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 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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Sixteen years after the band’s breakup, Liam and Noel Gallagher had finally reformed.

— Michael Cox, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
The bill’s supporters argued that these raises, concurrent with hikes in student tuition and inadequate pay for staff, revealed the CSU system’s misplaced priorities that needed to be reformed.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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New York will be blessed to have someone so faithful to his truest loves.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026
The backstory Once upon a time, there was a Spanish family blessed with a talent for finding historic buildings and transforming them into hotels that anyone who admires beauty and nature would want to visit.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026

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But these spaces that were once so focused on entertaining and presentation are starting to be reclaimed once more.

— Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano, The Spruce, 25 Aug. 2026
Towards the end of 2025/2026, Gavi had firmly reclaimed his place in the starting line up, though this was also conditioned by a number of injuries.

— Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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