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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rail (against)
revile
Verb
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Strapped for resources and now actively reviled and threatened by their government, theaters and producers are pouncing on opportunities to lay out a little less money or to spend on one big name in the hopes of clawing their way out of the red.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025 -
In southern Gaza, the Abu Shabab militia is widely reviled, and Abu Shabab’s own family has disassociated itself from him and called for his death.—
Leila Seurat,
Foreign Affairs,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Rail (against).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rail%20%28against%29. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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