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denounce

[dih-nouns] / dΙͺˈnaʊns /


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“There are no immediate eligibility matters affecting the WNBA, and we strongly denounce the bad-faith efforts to use these topics to demean or marginalize others,” a league spokesperson said last week in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 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

For years, Ridglan has bred beagles for biomedical research that activists denounce as cruel but federal law protects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

"Whether it immobilizes us, or instead we denounce and shout to the world what is happening."

From Barron's ● Apr. 20, 2026

If there was anything fishy going on, I would denounce it.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

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

In the ninth episode of “Andor” Season 2, the senator from Chandrila, played by Genevieve O’Reilly, publicly denounces the Empire in a speech from her pod in the Imperial Senate.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2025

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

The paper was denounced on social media within minutes of release, and Mr. Fryer needed armed protection for more than a month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

El-Sayed has denounced the statement as “stupid,” and Piker has walked back his words.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Eliza May’s novel, “Haeger Mass,” is a dark, weird tale of revenge and obsession that was denounced as immoral but attracted an intense cult following.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

The ruling follows France's decision last week to expel Xenia Fedorova and freeze her assets, a move she denounced as "censorship".

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

She denounced it as a “hodgepodge of plagiarism pulled from here, a bit from there, the whole misinterpreted and sensationalized to give color to the red-flag word SPIES.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

In 2020, she was among a cross-section of public figures who signed an open letter denouncing cancel culture, saying it weakens open debate by shutting people down.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 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

“We will never get tired of denouncing this atrocity.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

It said the total area corresponded to "only 0.18 percent of Turkey's surface area", denouncing efforts to "tarnish the mining sector".

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

We distributed black-bordered leaflets, denouncing the police commissioner.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison




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