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Recent Examples of apostatize
In one of the more powerful sequences, three older men are hung from crosses positioned deep in the ocean’s waters — the thrashing waves killing them slowly for their refusal to apostatize.
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Lindsey Bahr, Orange County Register, 6 Jan. 2017
The conundrum is one that has nothing to do with Rodrigues’ decision whether to lay down his life, but with his reluctance to apostatize, even in the face of others’ deaths.
—Michael O'Sullivan, The Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2017
Savannah's mom left the church in 2015, when leaked official documents confirmed their policy of apostatizing same-sex couples.
—Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 20 June 2017
Lindsey Bahr, Orange County Register, 6 Jan. 2017
The conundrum is one that has nothing to do with Rodrigues’ decision whether to lay down his life, but with his reluctance to apostatize, even in the face of others’ deaths.
—Michael O'Sullivan, The Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2017
Savannah's mom left the church in 2015, when leaked official documents confirmed their policy of apostatizing same-sex couples.
—Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 20 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apostatize
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In 2007, at 52 years old, Rinder renounced Scientology, becoming a prominent whistleblower against the organization's abuses.Shania Russell, EW.com, 5 Jan. 2025
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This week, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reiterated Russia’s demand that Ukraine renounce its right to sovereignty and territorial integrity as a precondition to start peace talks.Marc Santora, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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President Carter favored the arduous work, patience and tenacity that conflict resolution requires, forsaking action for a cooperative, peaceful settlement.Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2025
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The Afro-Colombian community, as the film shows, is often forsaken if not outright erased from both history and geography.Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 21 Dec. 2024
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In the frenzy to repudiate the past, Xiao saw history repeating itself.Chang Che, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
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By the time Barack Obama won the White House in 2008, there was momentum not only to repudiate the use of torture by U.S. intelligence agencies, but also to embrace new methods that were deemed more ethical and reliable.Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Although Denver and Adams County voters rejected the tax, the measure won with strong support from the suburbs.Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2025
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That law also clarified that the vice president does not have the power to accept or reject electors, and required Congress to accept only one official certificate of electors from states.Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
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But the consistent presence of drug rehabilitation and criminal offenses dominating the background of potential candidates for the award led the league to eventually abandon it.Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
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It had been abandoned but the girl, Blessing Aoci, was nowhere to be found.Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2025
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This decision not only undermines the reproductive rights of American women but also sets a perilous precedent for the court’s willingness to abdicate its own power.Steven Delco, Hartford Courant, 1 Jan. 2025
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The intervention in Syria also allowed Russia to assume the role of protector of Christians in the Middle East—a role that, in Putin’s view, decadent Western powers had abdicated, and a mission that fit neatly with Putin’s desire to present Russia as Europe’s last bastion of Christian values.Alexander Baunov, Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2024
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In doing so, Zuckerberg is implicitly disowning a core part of the history of his own company.Felix Salmon, Axios, 10 Jan. 2025
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Coal industry executives disown him for being an untrustworthy counterparty.Christopher Helman, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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In the case of lung cancer, which is predominantly driven by tobacco use, the shift in cancer incidence may be due to changes in peak tobacco use among women, who were more likely to start smoking later in life and were slower to quit, ACS chief scientific officer William Dahut said.Tina Reed, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
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The report also found that although cases of lung cancer declined overall from 2012 to 2021, the decrease was slower in women — most likely because women were slower to take up heavy smoking and slower to quit, said Dr. William Dahut, chief scientific officer for the American Cancer Society.Aria Bendix, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Apostatize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apostatize. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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