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inquisition

[in-kwuh-zish-uhn, ing-] / ˌɪn kwəˈzɪʃ ən, ˌɪŋ- /


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Writing in Spanish daily publication El Mundo in 2024, Shakira, 49, compared the tax office investigations into her affairs to an "inquisition trial".

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Tuttle’s fearless inquisition won’t insult your intelligence, ask your mercy or hogtie your feelings.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 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

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

Miss Annie had immediately started an inquisition about that as soon as it had appeared, screaming questions through her shutters.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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