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Recent Examples of shrive
Shrove Tuesday derives from the Anglo-Saxon Christian practice of going to confession and being shriven, or absolved of sins before the 40-day fast leading up to Easter.
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Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2023
Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shrive
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Hilarity ensued, and, forgive the spoilers, things did not end up the way everyone may have wanted.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Fassbender may be too obviously statuesque for real spycraft, but his performance of an agent cracking under the weight of existential turmoil is so hypnotic that one forgives the incongruous casting choice.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
16 Jan. 2025
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Hegseth has also advocated for pardoning service members accused of war crimes.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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Trump’s decision to pardon Ulbricht is largely seen as linked to the support he’s received from the libertarian cryptocurrency community, which has long considered the Silk Road creator a martyr.—
Andrew Couts,
WIRED,
25 Jan. 2025
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This is an important consideration for taxpayers who are deciding whether to remit their refunds back to the IRS in response to a recapture letter.—
Tom Cullinan,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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Zoom in: About 840 Texas employers have remitted money owed to workers to the Labor Department, according to data the federal agency shared with Axios.—
Karri Peifer,
Axios,
11 Dec. 2024
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“Shrive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shrive. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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