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decry

[dih-krahy] / dɪˈkraɪ /


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Fans around the globe, regardless of rooting interest, have come together to decry a common enemy: soccer’s instant replay.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Anti-doping officials decry the event as unethical, irresponsible and dangerous.

From Los Angeles Times May 22, 2026

It is not enough to decry the damage done by DOGE’s destruction.

From Slate Apr. 23, 2026

And those who decry people for asking for help when they have enough money to see them through retirement — on paper — are probably dealing with their own first-world problems every day.

From MarketWatch Apr. 17, 2026

Speaker after speaker continued to decry the government’s plans.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

While Erika decries “retro sex negativity,” Elliot stammers, “My peers have not been well-served growing up in a time where nothing feels safe or OK.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

But the homeless estimates Pratt decries aren’t something those two have cooked up in a boardroom.

From Slate Jun. 3, 2026

Bliss was it to have taken the Rolling Stones seriously, but the artistic progress that Mr. Marx seeks, and the flattening of critical values he decries, were fully accomplished before the commercial internet arrived.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 5, 2025

It’s always jarring to hear members of an ancient undersea civilization speaking in American surface idioms, perhaps never more so than when the queen decries “greenhouse gases” — do they even have greenhouses in Atlantis?

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 22, 2023

Better Joe hath suggested some specific remedies, which Isaac the Joiner decries loudly as the cant of heathenish superstition; and indeed, one wonders at the applications of bone.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

In a statement Tuesday, TWG Global decried “multipronged attacks against TWG … by unnamed sources with self-serving interests” and said no insurance policyholder has been hurt as a result of the company’s financial transactions.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Residents in the capital, San Juan, where the taps were turned off on Friday, decried the rationing.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

He decried the inaction of the government, which he said should have "raised awareness among young people on the dangers of irregular migration" and on disinformation on social media.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

The stunt sparked online backlash from critics who decried a difficult job market where applicants face extreme hurdles to get interviews.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

In it, the committee decried the fact that the abuses of the Palmer Raids went well beyond physical mistreatment.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

Her condemnation followed a slew of public comments from other erstwhile allies of the governor decrying his decision to return to office.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

A member of Tupac Shakur's entourage was combative in testimony during the second day of the rapper's murder trial, decrying being forced to take the stand and identify those responsible for Shakur's death.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

"In the end, there's nowhere better than Morocco," he said, decrying their "bad experience" on the other side of the border.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

You can see dozens if not hundreds of news articles every week decrying the damage that these foods are doing to our health.

From Slate Jul. 12, 2026

Even General Smuts realized the dangers of this harsh ideology, decrying apartheid as “a crazy concept, born of prejudice and fear.”

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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