blasphemy
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We’ve got two big threads this week: creeps in the House of Representatives and blasphemy.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026
I know it is absolute blasphemy to say this, but I like to see all the north-east clubs do well.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026
She also represented those accused of blasphemy -- an incendiary charge -- as well as Afghans who face crackdowns by the authorities.
From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026
There cannot be, since blasphemy depends on the acknowledgment of the sacred.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2025
Subversion, sedition, blasphemy, heresy, all rolled into one.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
Saban had asked in 2012, complaining about the hurry-up revolution even before he’d beheld the extent of Malzahn’s blasphemies.
From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2021
He spoke blasphemies other chefs recognized as hard-won truths.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2015
As vividly portrayed by the veteran mezzo-soprano Felicity Palmer, the agonies and blasphemies of the prioress were painful and even shocking to witness.
From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2013
Unlike Luis Bunuel, who also deals in curiously reverential blasphemies, Downey lacks the ruthless, rigorous intellect that gives depth to such flights of fantasy.
From Time Magazine Archive
And when his niece began to bewail his stubbornness and called down the wrath of heaven upon all tales of chivalry, he threatened to chastise her for uttering such blasphemies.
From The Story of Don Quixote by Florence Choate
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