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atone

uh tohn

  • v  make amends for
  • v  turn away from sin or do penitence

  • It was a text message from her boss urging her to boycott Japanese goods from May 1-June 1 to protest Tokyo's refusal to fully atone for its brutal wartime record.
News & Articles

  • Torey Krug keeps his head up
    In the midst of the Bruins’ horrendous first period in Game 2 on Saturday, Torey Krug had a here-we-go-again moment. Krug, whose turnover at his own blue line led to a third-period Chicago goal in Game 1, looked like a kid who was trying to atone for his sin when, early in Game 2, he rushed the puck out of his zone and then promptly handed it over to the Blackhawks, who turned it into a scoring ...
    June 17, 2013 - Boston Herald
  • Krug keeps his head up
    In the midst of the Bruins’ horrendous first period in Game 2 on Saturday, Torey Krug had a here-we-go-again moment. Krug, whose turnover at his own blue line led to a third-period Chicago goal in Game 1, looked like a kid who was trying to atone for his sin when, early in Game 2, he rushed the puck out of his zone and then promptly handed it over to the Blackhawks, who turned it into a scoring ...
    June 17, 2013 - Boston Herald
  • Familiar foes on tap for Fisher Cats
    This week the Fisher Cats get a chance to atone for their bad start when they host Akron for a three-game series beginning today at 6:35 p.m.
    June 11, 2013 - New Hampshire Union Leader
Quotes

  • Tiger Wood in Entertainment Weekly
    I have a lot to atone for, but there's one issue I really want to discuss,Woods said. "Elin never hit me that night or any other night. There has never been an episode of domestic violence."
  • Eliot Spitzer in Washington Post
    In his brief comments this morning, Spitzer said: "In the past few days I have begun to atone for my private failings. The remorse I feel will always be with me."
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger in New York Times
    I just love that he tries to atone for what he's done at the end of the second movie. It was a really nice thing in a kind of mainstream action movie. To have that be your final beat is something I had never seen before, and I liked what that said... Matt Damon http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Damon&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEPRBLAuBr2k9aUmRPqb0_5db6plA FOXNews http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Jul31/0,4670,FilmMattDamon,00.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGXjOP92FXAuGGUPuztXMQYPPG3kA Jul 31, 2007 6369 9462 atonement Without an apology and atonement for these senseless and brutal killings," Mr. Schwarzenegger wrote, "there can be no redemption. In this case, the one thing that would be the clearest indication of complete remorse and full redemption is...

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