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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shriving
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President Bill Clinton came under fire for pardoning former hedge-fund manager Marc Rich, and President Joe Biden was roundly criticized for pardoning his son, Hunter, as well as preemptively pardoning other family members.
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The Democrats have signaled that they are united in opposition to any talk of pardoning Maxwell.
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This is why much of the safety discussion still feels too forgiving to me.
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Shoppers note that the shorts are roomy and don’t bunch up, and that the elastic waistband is forgiving even while bloated.
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Instead, the audit found, the state was remitting fee revenue to the general fund and using more than half the money for purposes unrelated to the board.
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Instead of remitting those taxes to the IRS, prosecutors alleged Kapoor diverted over $2 million from company accounts for his personal benefit.
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States like Georgia and Oregon have shown what aligned policy can accomplish, linking child care access to postsecondary persistence and reforming subsidy programs to recognize that school and work are not mutually exclusive.
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Weiser goes a step further than Bennet in supporting reform and has pledged to lead the charge on reforming the spending cap.
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Chestnut, a 17-time champion, is chasing another Mustard Belt after reclaiming the men’s title in 2025.
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After giving up its training facility to the Netherlands men’s soccer team as a home base during the 2026 World Cup, the Current has started the process of reclaiming it.
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By visiting the Basilica and blessing the new tower, the pope follows in the footsteps of Pope Benedict XVI who in 2010 consecrated the Sagrada Familia.
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Jimmy Fallon has been blessing the New York Knicks with good humor for decades.
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“Shriving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shriving. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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