Then he laughed and apologized.

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He apologized, then returned to pitch an inning more on Saturday.

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Wankel apologized, then commented that it was only one small section.

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The first few times, she apologized, but then she stopped, because she knew that her regret, like a basket of muffins, was, in some way, an affront.

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