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Recent Examples of atone
According to the documentary, Carnival atoned for the poop cruise by giving each passenger a full refund, paying for their transportation expenses, offering a free cruise voucher, and slipping them a cool $500.
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 25 June 2025
Japan’s brutal occupation of parts of China before and during World War II remains a sore point, with Beijing accusing Tokyo of failing to atone for its past.
—Afp, Fortune, 30 June 2025
Throughout Stone’s and Wilson’s comebacks in later decades they were urged to atone.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 12 June 2025
The win atoned for Summers’ second-place finish in the high jump earlier on Friday, when the sophomore lost by an inch.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 16 May 2025
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 25 June 2025
Japan’s brutal occupation of parts of China before and during World War II remains a sore point, with Beijing accusing Tokyo of failing to atone for its past.
—Afp, Fortune, 30 June 2025
Throughout Stone’s and Wilson’s comebacks in later decades they were urged to atone.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 12 June 2025
The win atoned for Summers’ second-place finish in the high jump earlier on Friday, when the sophomore lost by an inch.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for atone
Verb
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Best, 50, reportedly apologized to his wife’s family and his own at the sentencing hearing last Thursday, according to local ABC 8, CBS 2, and Jackson Hole Radio.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
28 July 2025
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At the time of the October 2024 incident, the restaurant's co-owner, Cale Ryan, apologized and said Famous Yeti's was working with local authorities to improve storage and security protocols.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
27 July 2025
Verb
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Court documents state that Adams confessed to officers.—
Gillian Stawiszynski,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
25 July 2025
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CEOs are quietly confessing that AI is transforming how businesses operate.—
Brian Solis,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
Verb
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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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Radiation can also be used to palliate painful bone metastases, as well as chemotherapy.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
1 Oct. 2024
Verb
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But this uncertainty does not excuse us from continuing to operate our businesses.—
PJ Bain,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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The judge also reasoned that Pryor’s failure to bring a claim in a timely manner can’t be excused by fraudulent concealment.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
19 July 2025
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Finch, who has lived in the neighborhood for 20 years, first as a renter and later as the owner of a unit in a brownstone, sought to bring out the industrial history buried under all that bland, whitewashed drywall.—
Wendy Goodman,
Curbed,
1 July 2025
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Notably, there has been no effort to whitewash the native Hawaiian characters either through their visual or spoken characteristics (Carrere and Jason Scott Lee, who plays Nani’s surfer friend David, actually hail from the Aloha State).—
Michael Rechtshaffen,
HollywoodReporter,
22 June 2025
Verb
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However, the Commission did not indicate any sudden or unexpected event that would justify the urgency.—
Jon McGowan,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Lay of the land Advocates for the Golden Dome point to recent events to justify the program.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
23 July 2025
Verb
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That situation will have to be rationalized and given some streetside real estate.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
29 July 2025
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Without self-awareness, most of us could convince ourselves of anything, with plenty of excuses that rationalize our behaviors.—
Harry Kraemer,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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“Atone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atone. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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