"Air France apologizes to its customers for the inconvenience, " the airline said.

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He said he "sincerely" apologizes to every New Yorker.

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Too often when an individual with a high profile gets into difficulty he (and it is often male) apologizes without offering to make amends.

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He also apologizes, which he also did to the staff of Livestrong, the cancer support organization he started over a decade ago.

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He apologizes for using an obscenity, and proceeds to talk, in a serious tone now, about providing his extended family member with new tires like mine.

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After stepping into a hallway to take a call from a lawyer, Fu apologizes for appearing sleep-deprived.

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To my point above about conflicting demands on Japanese CEOs, Tsuga apologizes for having made domestic operations take the brunt of restructuring.

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He apologizes for having been absent for the past couple of days, but no one seems to care very much.

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