He promptly publicly apologized after he was criticized by bloggers Gawker and Josh Marshall who called the remarks racist.

He promptly apologized and rescinded the boycott call in a new e-mail message, "I did a wrong thing that needs to be cleared up."

On learning of the furor over his comments, Woods' representative promptly apologized.

"Sorry," Webb promptly apologized, though his eyes continued to sparkle.

Brown promptly apologized for his previous putdown of the city.

The other housemates promptly apologized to her for not talking to her, causing her to have dramatic situations to herself.

Although he apologized promptly and repeatedly, protests dogged him for weeks.

She had been guided by the family rules: tell the truth, admit your mistakes, don't make the same mistakes twice, apologize promptly and fully for your errors.

She promptly apologizes for hurting him and leaves.

RIM would be extremely stupid though not to just promptly apologize, settle, and change the name.