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Recent Examples of crucify
Engineering, literature, philosophy, theater, and the arts flowered; with lasting effects, Romans crucified Jesus and destroyed Jerusalem’s Second Temple.
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Michael Fontaine, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2016
He was crucified on Good Friday and resurrected on Easter Sunday.
—Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2024
First glorified then crucified, Joan’s mythologized fate encapsulates the precarious role of women in society — particularly those in the limelight.
—Tacita Quinn, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
Like, my parents took off work to watch their son get crucified by 12 white children.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
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Michael Fontaine, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2016
He was crucified on Good Friday and resurrected on Easter Sunday.
—Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2024
First glorified then crucified, Joan’s mythologized fate encapsulates the precarious role of women in society — particularly those in the limelight.
—Tacita Quinn, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
Like, my parents took off work to watch their son get crucified by 12 white children.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crucify
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Trump has been harshly criticized for pardoning Jan. 6 defendants who assaulted police officers but said Tuesday that planned pardons of D.C. police Terence Sutton and Andrew Zabavsky indicate his true stance in support of law enforcement.—
Haisten Willis,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
22 Jan. 2025
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The Sun article in question reported that Sheeran had attended a party on New Year's Eve hosted by the Harry Potter author, who has been publicly criticized for making anti-trans comments.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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The controversy surrounding Philadelphia Eagles fan Ryan Caldwell for berating a female Packers fan during a game is just the latest incident of scandalously unruly fan behavior in sports.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
17 Jan. 2025
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Combs allegedly groped a former Da Band member and berated her bandmates.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2025
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Finally, blaming the pharmaceutical industry for high drug costs has historically been PBMs’ go-to defense.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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And voters’ belief that its beneficiaries are complacent elitists skilled only in symbolic victory can no longer be blamed on brainwashing by right-wing media.—
Matt Brennan,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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Those opinions are usually punctuated by scolding those who do not immediately comply.—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Jan. 2025
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The Anti-Defamation League is scolding Elon Musk after coming to the billionaire titan’s defense earlier in the week.—
James Hibberd,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Jan. 2025
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The argument has, at times, sounded outright offensive; Ramaswamy, for instance, justified his preference for cheap foreign labor by excoriating American culture itself.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Dec. 2024
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Her long record as a foreign policy dissident under both Democratic and Republican presidents will give Senate hawks plenty to scrutinize — and, perhaps, to excoriate.—
Doyle McManus,
The Mercury News,
7 Dec. 2024
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That starts with upbraiding Chapman’s would-be assassin, who’s still nursing injuries from being run over by a taxicab — this after handling three other agents quite capably.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2024
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The stupidity of his denigration of the COVID vaccines — there’s that word again — brought him a joint upbraiding by the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2023.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Oct. 2024
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The upper fangs sank into Wyatt’s left cheek, just below his eye socket, the lower into his top lip and right nostril, flaying his face in four separate places.—
Malcolm Brooks Malcolm Hillgartner Krish Seenivasan Zak Mouton,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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The massive main compartment flays open completely near the back panel for easy packing and unpacking, with several other zippered access points for stuffing or pulling layers out on-the-go.—
The Editors,
Outside Online,
18 Nov. 2024
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Last June, an inspector faulted the home after a child developed a pressure wound on his foot that was left untreated for two weeks.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2025
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Although Amorim did not fault his team’s effort, there are still major concerns about their application.—
Charlotte Harpur,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Crucify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crucify. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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