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Recent Examples of crucify
Letters from his prison cell have at times included drawings of Jesus Christ being crucified and appeals for prayers.
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Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 16 Dec. 2025
The Maroun monastery dates back to a century after Jesus was crucified.
—NPR, 1 Dec. 2025
If Disney or Lego or any other of these children's companies were held to the same standards, they would be getting crucified in the media.
—David Gilbert, Wired News, 25 Nov. 2025
In the Muslim Quarter, there were no tourists on the Via Dolorosa—the Way of Sorrows, where Christ carried the cross to be crucified.
—Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
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Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 16 Dec. 2025
The Maroun monastery dates back to a century after Jesus was crucified.
—NPR, 1 Dec. 2025
If Disney or Lego or any other of these children's companies were held to the same standards, they would be getting crucified in the media.
—David Gilbert, Wired News, 25 Nov. 2025
In the Muslim Quarter, there were no tourists on the Via Dolorosa—the Way of Sorrows, where Christ carried the cross to be crucified.
—Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crucify
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Two advisers to Qatar told me that Global Risk had also conducted background checks and written reports on people linked to campaigns criticizing Qatar; corporate-intelligence firms often provide such open-source research.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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However, in a pair of letters to the editor published in the Journal of Pediatrics, doctors criticized the article as hyped.—
David Hilzenrath,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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The lawsuit also said that when complaints were made about the harassment, they were not properly investigated and the employees were subject to retaliation, including being given double shifts, being accused of wrongdoing and being berated and yelled at by supervisors.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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According to the lawsuit, Reese and Prince walked into Aldi when Johnson began to berate him about bringing the dog into the store.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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While viral videos often blame everything from breakouts to dullness on air conditioning alone, Jafari says the reality is less dramatic.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Jones blames that impasse for kicking the financial stability of TSA officers like a football.—
Marvin Hurst,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Security guard Pascal Duvier, most recently infamous for allegedly scolding 11-year-old Ada Law at a hotel in São Paulo, is clearing the air.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
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The drama erupted last weekend when Jorginho went on Instagram Stories to say that his stepdaughter and wife were scolded at the São Paulo hotel for getting too close to Roan.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The movie’s second half travels to the Gaza border for a series of excoriating, excruciating monologues with the literal fog of war as background.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Vanity Fair,
25 Mar. 2026
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But he was also excoriated when his worst predictions failed to come true.—
The Conversation,
The Conversation,
16 Mar. 2026
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Andy Hertzfeld, a charter member of Apple’s Macintosh development team, recalled being summoned to a meeting called by Jobs to upbraid Gates over Microsoft’s plans for the Windows display.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
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Based on his 2020 short film, Meeks draws from his personal ties to Ohio to upbraid our preconceptions about the cyclical nature of addiction and recovery.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
21 Jan. 2026
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The apostle was believed to have met his martyrdom by being flayed alive.—
Virginia Raguin,
The Conversation,
19 Feb. 2026
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And So It Is reaches out: affective, intimate, and flayed open with a beating heart.—
Linnie Greene,
Pitchfork,
17 Feb. 2026
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The safety board faulted Atmos for not doing more to identify threats posed by expansive soils, noting regulators had been warning about the issue since 2008 and that the NTSB identified expansive soils as a factor in a 2018 Atmos explosion in Dallas that killed one and injured four.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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At the time, many critics faulted its confusing plot.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Crucify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crucify. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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