make amends
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The bulk of those players who lined up at Brentford and, indeed, in the damaging defeat at West Ham, were given the chance to make amends as a result.
From BBC
Max Verstappen arrived at the Miami Grand Prix determined to make amends for his defeat in Azerbaijan the previous weekend, and he left having made an emphatic statement of his superiority over Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez.
From BBC
The Mexican appeared a favourite for victory starting at the front with Verstappen down in ninth after making a mistake on his first qualifying lap and then losing a chance to make amends when Leclerc crashed.
From BBC
However, rather than having the chance to make amends for what happened on his previous Ashes tour down under, Finn suffered another twist of fate.
From BBC
“I want to make amends. I apologize,” Drouin said in court Monday.
From Seattle Times
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