obloquy
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The statements made by the D.A.’s office, the complaint alleges, made Thomas “the object of obloquy and ridicule.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2024
Pola Oloixarac’s debut, “Savage Theories,” a multilayered novel spanning eras and continents, generated both adulation and obloquy.
From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2021
Barnes is seeking “damages in an amount not less than $15,000 but not more than $50,000 against each defendant” because his clients were “subjected to public hatred, contempt, scorn, obloquy, and shame.”
From Fox News • Jan. 10, 2020
Huang’s essay provoked predictable obloquy in the entertainment industry, but Wu told me that she felt it was important to stand up for him.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 16, 2019
A great deal of obloquy fell on Lawrence and his colleagues at the Rad Lab, who had stood united, and virtually alone, against Oppenheimer.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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