as in criticism
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Then came subsequent criticism about her selection for the 2024 Women’s Olympic team – especially considering Caitlin Clark’s absence – followed by her Las Vegas Aces’ loss in the 2024 WNBA Finals.—
C. Isaiah Smalls II,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2025 -
There have been many waves of criticism, pointing out the impossibility of carrying out the test in a precise or useful way.—
Jaron Lanier,
The New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2025
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Such invective, coming from a saboteur with firsthand experience of institutional prudishness, put DeGenevieve in a paradoxical position: that of a professor who, because she was tenured, had the luxury of deriding her own ivory tower.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2025
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Yet some of us in the audience, disgusted by the persistence of Nazism and anti-immigrant invective in the present, may well appreciate the force of McQueen’s rhetoric.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2024
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Fact: That feels like the kind of response that would draw a strong rebuke from Green were the shoe on the other foot.—
Jon Krawczynski,
The Athletic,
8 Mar. 2025
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Censure is essentially a formal rebuke by the House for some form of misconduct.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2025
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The politicization of the COVID response has only worsened this trend, likely resulting in part from Trump’s vituperation.—
Matt Motta,
Scientific American,
29 Oct. 2024
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Flash forward 92-plus years to Donald Trump’s rally Sunday at New York’s Madison Square Garden, a bleak, lurid festival of racist hate and profane vituperation so vile that even fellow Republicans, who have turned a blind eye to Trump’s character for years, are distancing themselves from the event.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Oct. 2024
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Censure is an official reprimand that can be undertaken by the House and the Senate for their respective members.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2025
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Censure is a formal and public reprimand issued by a legislative body to express disapproval of a member's actions.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
6 Mar. 2025
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The footage also shows the now obligatory abuse, as the wheeled warrior continuously rights itself as it gets pushed around.—
Paul Ridden,
New Atlas,
15 Mar. 2025
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Remarkably, waste, fraud, and abuse for these folks are not part of the discussion.—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2025
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Once-proud Tesla owners are struggling to ditch their vehicles to escape the social opprobrium associated with Musk’s role in the Department of Government Efficiency, according to the New York Times.—
Peter Cohan,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Such favoritism has also incurred the opprobrium of the right.—
Edoardo Campanella,
Foreign Affairs,
25 July 2024
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Advertisement China’s Foreign Ministry also issued a vehement reproof.—
Elaine Kurtenbach,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Dec. 2024
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So your best response is either to ignore the remark, which is a reproof in itself, or to make a joke of it.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
9 July 2024
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