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Recent Examples of atone
Yet what elevates the show, as EW’s critic points out, is its focus on gender relations and atoning for the sins of the past, adding layers of depth beyond its lurid plotting and somewhat ridiculousness.
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EW.com, 30 Sep. 2024
The ad features a clip from a sermon by Billy Graham, calling on believers to atone for their sins.
—Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2024
The girls try to book a gig at the Macy’s Parade (as Peacock actually had the stars do, to the confusion of my parents watching at home) while also atoning for their past sins at the event (revealed in flashback).
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
The trip is an attempt to atone for the precariousness of Lu and Sy’s childhood, and when, in the admissions line, the kids light up at an advertisement for overpriced gumdrops, May can’t bear to deny them.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
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EW.com, 30 Sep. 2024
The ad features a clip from a sermon by Billy Graham, calling on believers to atone for their sins.
—Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2024
The girls try to book a gig at the Macy’s Parade (as Peacock actually had the stars do, to the confusion of my parents watching at home) while also atoning for their past sins at the event (revealed in flashback).
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
The trip is an attempt to atone for the precariousness of Lu and Sy’s childhood, and when, in the admissions line, the kids light up at an advertisement for overpriced gumdrops, May can’t bear to deny them.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for atone
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Jennings read the clue with a slightly awkward tone, then immediately apologized to Heather after it was answered.Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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That’s not to say there’s no room for course-correction — Karen’s frenemy Gizelle Bryant suddenly learning how to apologize this season is a good example — but that a sudden personality transplant reads as insincere.Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
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They were later all exonerated, having serving between five and 13 years in prison, after the true attacker confessed and was linked to the crime by DNA evidence.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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The former cook confessed to the killing and cooperated with authorities, Hightower said.Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Radiation can also be used to palliate painful bone metastases, as well as chemotherapy.Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 1 Oct. 2024
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Senior-home avatars who are designed to palliate dementia patients in their darkest days.Longreads, Longreads, 12 Apr. 2024
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As in, so bad as to never be excused, ever? Miss Manners agrees there is an indelicacy to handling another diner’s place settings.Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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You’d be excused for forgetting that both men were still running for the U.S. Senate in California.Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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For Oppenheimer, cinema is a kind of monstrous, multi-faceted beast, one that can whitewash evil or expose it.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2024
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Like mine, the palette is mostly neutral, with a lot of rattan, linen, whitewashed wood, and terracotta, punctuated with botanical patterns.Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2024
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The fact that its nuclear warheads are so close to Ukraine could, in fact, tempt Russia to conduct a false-flag operation on its own storage sites in order to justify a nuclear attack.William M. Moon, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
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Traders have been betting for months that a Trump victory could enhance the value of Truth Social — though justifying its current price tag would be very difficult even if Trump is back in the White House.Matt Egan, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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As was the case in 1994, most of the claims that were used to rationalize these horrors were grounded in misinformation, outright lies, and racist fantasies.Eladio B. Bobadilla / Made by History, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
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In turn, e-commerce companies began reducing their footprint, and other industrial companies started rationalizing their Covid expansions.David Marino, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Atone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atone. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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