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denounce

[dih-nauns] / dΙͺˈnaʊns /


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"We denounce and totally reject those claims that Africans are as guilty and complicit as those who masterminded this whole atrocity," he says.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

When they anonymously denounce their alleged friends, it is in the service of a higher kindness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

It invited comparisons with Enoch Powell’s infamous “rivers of blood” speech, and went down so badly that he had to publicly denounce his own words some time later.

From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026

Officials were quick to denounce supposed efforts by the People’s Republic of China to influence U.S. policy, noting that Wang’s alleged involvement occurred before she was elected to public office.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

His first impulse was to denounce Mrs. Horsepool-Worthingham as a traitor.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

Perhaps he should review the lesson of “Four O’Clock,” a third-season episode of “The Twilight Zone” in which a political fanatic denounces people he considers evil and suffers a comeuppance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

It denounces the judge’s “attempts to strip RIH of its ability to participate in these proceedings, and, by extension, to sever this court from the party whose rights are directly at stake.”

From Slate ● May 19, 2026

The government denounces attempts to "discredit" Smart Sampa, boasting the city had seen a nearly 15 percent drop in robberies in 2025.

From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026

Even Puerto Ricans who don't share the singer's background feel proud of how his music denounces our struggles while symbolising our culture and identity.

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026

Indeed, one of the books found in the bus with his remains was a collection of stories that included Tolstoy’s "The Kreutzer Sonata,” in which the nobleman-turned-ascetic denounces "the demands of the flesh.”

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

In a social media post, Macron denounced the violence and said that vandals and looters will be "prosecuted and punished".

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Fulton Sheen likewise fiercely denounced communism and Nazism, as well as the cultural decay he believed left the West vulnerable to tyranny.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Al-Azhar, the Cairo-based institute of Sunni Islamic learning, also denounced the incident.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

French President Emmanuel Macron denounced the contents of the alleged messages as extremely serious and unacceptable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

The old dame who had been their nurse fetched dry jerkins out of a press, and scolded them for retching their deaths, and denounced Sir Ector for keeping on so long.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Times with a big picture of me, sort of denouncing me.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

On her previous album “Dirt Femme,” released in 2022, she opened up about being unsure if she wants children, while denouncing the societal expectations that come with being a married woman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

A coalition of religious and interfaith groups led by Washington-based Indian American Muslim Council intends to protest Saturday’s event and has a van with video monitors plying Manhattan streets denouncing it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Despite European countries regularly denouncing the restrictions Afghanistan puts on women, Sweden, Denmark and Germany have also refused them visas.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

The ration board, the police, the officials—they’re all either helping their fellow citizens or denouncing them and sending them off to prison.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank


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