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shriving

verb

present participle of shrive

as in pardoning

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The photos show the president at rallies, pardoning turkeys, at the White House with Christmas decorations, standing with the FIFA trophy, surrounded by flags, flanked by military leaders, outside the Taj Mahal and more.

— Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
The million-dollar question concerned the Thanksgiving tradition of the president pardoning two turkeys.

— Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026

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Telluride’s ski area stretches across more than 2,000 acres, from wide, forgiving groomers to steep chutes and bowls, with the terrain climbing to 12,570 feet.

— Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
The schedule is not forgiving — Texas and Georgia await; doormats Arkansas and South Carolina do not — and the Rebels could find themselves on the bubble, needing to point to LSU as a resume win.

— Seth Emerson, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of forgiving

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In many cases, after years of not remitting money owed to ASCAP, the company sued the business owners and took them to court.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
Instead, the audit found, the state was remitting fee revenue to the general fund and using more than half the money for purposes unrelated to the board.

— Phoebe Quinton, AJC.com, 15 June 2026

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The population consisted of workers transforming the strip of land to be habitable, even desirable, reforming the cluster into a model of hospitality.

— Erin Parish, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
The decade-plus of legal oversight of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Department, criminal justice experts have said, offers insight into the difficulties of reforming law enforcement agencies charged with endemic racial bias.

— Yana Kunichoff, ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of reforming

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Put differently, nature is reclaiming Shift, which has long been a ruin in the making.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
By harnessing these tools, many clinicians report saving an hour per day on documentation, reducing after-hours work and reclaiming their personal time.

— Sameer Bhat, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of reclaiming

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Jesse sent a video from Thanksgiving, with Rosemarie blessing her and her family.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
By visiting the Basilica and blessing the new tower, the pope follows in the footsteps of Pope Benedict XVI who in 2010 consecrated the Sagrada Familia.

— Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 10 June 2026

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