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Some saw his efforts contributing to the resignation of the university’s president, Claudine Gay, as laudable, while others found them deplorable.

“What they’re doing, I think, to the cities and counties is deplorable.”

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He said that while in Ghana they had been asking for better living conditions since the environment at the military camp where they were placed was "deplorable".

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The Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service concluded she was dishonest and her behaviour would be regarded as "deplorable" by fellow practitioners and her actions amounted to misconduct.

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Republicans have been using the deplorable way Kirk was killed to rebrand him as a Christian martyr.

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