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Donald Trump's meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was beyond the pale, says Armstrong Williams.
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Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2025
Portrayed as cannibals, child-killers, and corpse-defilers, enemies become existential threats and the worst imaginable offenders, lying beyond the pale of redemption.
—Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
In a civil society, it should be considered beyond the pale to spraypaint or dent a car to take it out on the CEO of the company that made that car.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025
Depictions of suicide are not beyond the pale in horror, of course, but there’s something particularly thoughtless about this execution.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
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Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2025
Portrayed as cannibals, child-killers, and corpse-defilers, enemies become existential threats and the worst imaginable offenders, lying beyond the pale of redemption.
—Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
In a civil society, it should be considered beyond the pale to spraypaint or dent a car to take it out on the CEO of the company that made that car.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025
Depictions of suicide are not beyond the pale in horror, of course, but there’s something particularly thoughtless about this execution.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Beyond the pale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beyond%20the%20pale. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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