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opprobrium

[uh-proh-bree-uhm] / əˈproʊ bri əm /


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Yes, incumbent governments at Westminster frequently find themselves on the receiving end of volleys of opprobrium from the electorate between general elections.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

The opprobrium that ensued in the course of a shamelessly one-sided trial shredded their reputations, cost them their jobs and led to an incurable banishment from public life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

For that reason, I’m constantly amazed and grateful, given that this column relies on people sharing their stories and risking opprobrium from strangers by asking for advice.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025

But little of that opprobrium seemed evident at IDEX, as the biennial arms fair in the UAE is known.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2025

And what opprobrium in “him whom the universe should obey, to cease to “be his own master, and obey his vassal!”

From The Power Of The Popes by Daunou, Pierre Claude Fran?ois




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