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condemn

[kuhn-dem] / kənˈdɛm /


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We should be hesitant to place halos around the heads of people we admire, just as we shouldn’t totally condemn those with whom we disagree.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Beyond that title, the boldest thing about the film is that Araki doesn’t condemn Erika or Elliot for their fling.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

He also called on the UN atomic agency to condemn US strikes which he said targeted the Darkhovin nuclear plant being built in southwest Iran.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

Violence is shaped by social norms, power dynamics and the behaviors that institutions reward, tolerate or condemn.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

I knew that my colleagues upstairs would condemn my proposal, and that would kill my initiative even before it was born.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Hamawy has said he condemns Abdel-Rahman’s violent rhetoric and actions and that he had no contact with the cleric after his arrest.

From Slate Jul. 14, 2026

Weeks before the elections, Meloni released videos in multiple languages saying the Italian right “unambiguously” condemns the fascist regime’s suppression of democracy and antisemitic policies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 27, 2026

Grant has been a well-established critic of the Fed’s propensity to tolerate inflation for some time and in particular he condemns the purchasing power that has been lost since 2020, because of the Fed’s policies.

From MarketWatch Apr. 14, 2026

Lockhart said she "utterly and unequivocally" condemns the incident.

From BBC Mar. 31, 2026

During the debates, Congress removes a passage in Thomas Jefferson’s draft that condemns the slave trade.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

When the district attorney later dropped the investigation, citing lack of evidence, Hahn publicly condemned Bycel.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

The NOC condemned similar attacks in past days in Zawiya, including two drone strikes on a naphtha reservoir and a water desalination plant.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

On Thursday, United Nations chief Antonio Guterres condemned both sides for their repeated attacks on civilian areas.

From Barron's Aug. 9, 2026

He damns terrorists with faint praise, as when he condemned the attack on a Jewish school in West Bloomfield, Mich., before excusing the perpetrator with the words “hurt people do hurt people.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

The condemned Delawares spent the night praying and singing hymns.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Some of his GOP colleagues in the Senate are joining him in condemning his former son-in-law.

From Salon Aug. 7, 2026

Gandhi had staged a sit-in protest on Tuesday, accusing the government of ignoring students demands and condemning a police crackdown on demonstrations in New Delhi a day earlier.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

Lawrence’s own flaw is the hypocrisy that allows him to carry on an affair with a married person while condemning Lily when it appears that she has done the same.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

The family has now hired lawyers, who released a statement Friday condemning the police response shown in the video as “completely unnecessary and profoundly dangerous.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 20, 2026

Rather than shaming and condemning an already deeply stigmatized group, we, collectively, can embrace them—not necessarily their behavior, but them—their humanness.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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