reproach
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Lawyers acting for Dean's mother have said the document appears to be a "character assassination" of both him and his family, to keep Pierce beyond reproach.
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025
“In fact, following our efforts, our state-of-the-art compliance program has been repeatedly acknowledged as impressive and above reproach by outside parties.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2024
The teacher is clearly uncomfortable but doesn't feel empowered to stop or reproach Elizabeth.
From Salon • Dec. 9, 2023
The United States too is not without reproach, as it continues to produce and consume more oil than any other nation.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2023
He despised her spirit of sacrifice, her severity, her vocation for poverty, and her unshakable chastity, which he felt as a reproach toward his own egotistical, sensual, power- hungry nature.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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