inquisition
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As the Spurs supporters poured into their favourite watering holes and haunts around the stadium, the inquisition, and plotting for the future, should have already begun inside.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
England will face an inquisition when they get home with coach Brendon McCullum's job in the spotlight.
From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026
O’Connor suggests that parents turn the inquisition back on their children by asking, “That’s an interesting question. What do you think?”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2024
For example, there’s Pirate Day, when campers learn about Jews who were expelled to the Caribbean during the Spanish inquisition and found livelihoods as pirates.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023
At parties they start to ask leading questions that have the ring of inquisition; they are interested in my positions, my dogmas.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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