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crucify

[kroo-suh-fahy] / ˈkru səˌfaɪ /




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She added that she felt like “everybody’s trying to crucify me” for her relationship with Combs and that she needed to “take a break and focus on what’s important” when the allegations came down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2024

She said she’s careful about talking about her symptoms or posting online about them because “If you say one thing on social media that you got some kind of symptom they would crucify me.”

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2024

"We have had parents say they want their child to go to pre-school but it would crucify them financially," she added.

From BBC ● May 10, 2023

And to explain his reasoning, Biden used this phrase: “Never crucify yourself on a small cross.”

From Slate ● May 24, 2021

“Finnegan’s here. He’ll crucify me if it looks like I’m not working.”

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

I was born for the purpose that crucifies your mind,

From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2023

James Glickson New York City It is sacrificial slaughter when society crucifies its best leaders on a cross of impossibly high standards.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Whosoever receiveth you receiveth Me," and it follows that whosoever crucifies you crucifies Me.

From The Great Discovery by Norman Maclean

“No matter what else a man may do for position, don’t let him marry a woman he does not love, especially if he crucifies a vital passion for another, in order to do this.”

From An Ambitious Man by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

All the benefits to society come from the few, and society crucifies them to show its gratitude.

From A Grammar of Freethought by Chapman Cohen

The crucified Christ has been taken down from the cross, but there is no cross, no ladder—only a single cloud and a tiny sliver of earth to ground the composition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

"It's the very beginning of Baroque painting, depicting a crucified Christ, isolated, luminous and standing out vividly against a dark and threatening sky," he said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 30, 2025

“Madame Web” underperformed in the theaters because the press just crucified it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2024

It marks the discovery of the cross Jesus was crucified on, according to Ethiopian Orthodox Christian tradition.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2024

Finally, she placed Mary directly below her crucified son.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Drake's music sounds more in line with the current culture so persistent in crucifying women for their mere existence or agency.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2023

"The open-close strategy is crucifying businesses," he added.

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2021

“The open/close strategy is crucifying businesses,” Michael Kill, chief executive of the Night Time Industries Association.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 21, 2021

“Instead of out-casting and almost crucifying a personality, you say: ‘Okay, this guy is different, let’s act a certain way, let’s not treat him like a Roger Federer or like a Marin Cilic.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 2, 2021

The letter to the editor crucifying her husband had hurt her terribly.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger




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