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[dih-krahy] / dɪˈkraɪ /


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And so people associated with Turning Point USA and the Daily Wire continue to decry Owens and other prominent conspiracy-theory content creators as vultures.

From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026

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

One can decry Broadway’s fearful economic dependence on the familiar while still recognizing, as this sampling of the spring musical season illustrates, that all art is fundamentally an act of reinvention.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 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

She criticizes helicopter parenting, decries remote work and tells women they should be willing to “piss people off” in order to be good leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

Your editorial decries the sentencing “a profound injustice.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026

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

Interior Minister Laurent Nunez has decried an "extraordinary" level of violence from some rioters.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

Goncalves decried General Motors’ continued production of vehicles in South Korea, and called on Ford Motor to stop using aluminum for the body of the F-150 pickup truck, the nation’s bestselling vehicle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

In response, groups including the Israeli American Council and the Anti-Defamation League decried Macklemore’s performance on social media, with the former creating a petition that called on Sheeran to remove the rapper from the tour.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

A flood of social media comments decried loss of sovereignty, meager benefits and political costs.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

As a former educator, Garfield decried the nation's high rate of illiteracy, particularly in the South, revealed by questions in the 1880 census asking if a person could read and write.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

Detainees have reported worm-like creatures in their drinking water, launched hunger strikes, and signed onto class-action lawsuits in recent months, decrying poor food, sanitation and medical care.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 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

Pyongyang has always been angered by the drills, decrying them as dress rehearsals for an invasion.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 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

Vernesha's brother has made some statements, defending Tariq's character and decrying the general wrongness of how this whole thing went down.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon


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