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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).
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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
Unlike the male villager who hangs himself towards the movie’s halfway point, therefore condemning his spirit to eternal damnation in the pits of hell, the child-killer had a chance to atone for her sins before she was publicly executed for them — a suicide by proxy.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 18 June 2024
Follow along with live coverage of the Olympics James Turner, Corey Toole and Maurice Longbottom recorded tries for Australia, which is seeking to atone for a disappointing quarterfinal exit at the hands of Fiji in Tokyo three years ago.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 25 July 2024
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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
Unlike the male villager who hangs himself towards the movie’s halfway point, therefore condemning his spirit to eternal damnation in the pits of hell, the child-killer had a chance to atone for her sins before she was publicly executed for them — a suicide by proxy.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 18 June 2024
Follow along with live coverage of the Olympics James Turner, Corey Toole and Maurice Longbottom recorded tries for Australia, which is seeking to atone for a disappointing quarterfinal exit at the hands of Fiji in Tokyo three years ago.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 25 July 2024
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