victimizing

present participle of victimize

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Verb
  • Lars Baron/Getty Images/Getty Images Europe The ski jumping world remains embroiled in controversy stemming from a cheating scandal that was announced this week, initially involving a few members of the Norwegian team.
    Manuela López Restrepo, NPR, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Netflix’s first season of Temptation Island was filled with cheating men, frustrated women, and lots of flashing red lights as folks repeatedly hooked up in an outdoor tent.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Pope made sure to share the celebration again, jogging to find his wife and daughters behind the bench for a long embrace before hustling to a TV interview.
    Jesse Temple, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Rayah Marshall attacked the rim before hustling to the back of the player’s line.
    Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The Gators still easily picked up Todd Golden’s first NCAA tournament victory and the program’s first win in the Big Dance since beating Virginia Tech in 2021.
    Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Micron Technology — The semiconductor stock slid almost 4% despite beating Wall Street expectations for earnings in the fiscal second quarter and offering strong guidance.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The show, hosted by actor Alan Cumming and set in a remote Scottish castle, features reality TV veterans and celebrities working together—and often deceiving each other—in challenges for a cash prize.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Augusta National will quickly expose even the most microscopic weakness in one’s game with its winding fairways and deceiving putting surfaces.
    Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • For now, Metcalf is saying and doing the right things.
    Mike DeFabo, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Resettlement groups motivated by Christian duty At least one person doing resettlement work in Charlotte wants lawmakers to make a greater effort to help refugees.
    Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The New York Times Magazine published a critique yesterday of two documentaries that have recently been released about the use of child influencers, raising the potential that the projects may potentially be re-exploiting them.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Where United can hurt Lyon is by exploiting their defensive instability.
    The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The tactic makes sense to prevent darker pigments from bleeding onto the lighter items.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Instead, the bruises and bleeding in the child’s brain were the lingering result of a traumatic birth.
    Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Victimizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/victimizing. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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