condemn
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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
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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
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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
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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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