detractor
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Moderna was the largest detractor among the 2025 picks, falling about 30%.
From Barron's ● Dec. 12, 2025
Whether you are a supporter or a detractor of the BBC, I think everyone would agree these are incredibly testing times for the corporation.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
And when you’re talking to a detractor who has renounced the cult of Michael inasmuch as it can be renounced, you’re also insulting them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024
Apple CEO Tim Cook has been a vocal detractor of the privacy practices at Meta, which relies on user data to sell ads.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
Downstairs had the same problem, and with the added detractor of being dark, and me without a flashlight.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
Raman’s detractors point out her failure to build coalitions at City Hall, where not a single one of her 14 council colleagues has endorsed her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
His detractors recoiled at the ostentatious displays, questioned the origins of his money and his political connections, and saw his lifestyle as a stark illustration of inequality.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Mr. Lederman had hoped that his detractors would openly and passionately debate the points in his essay, but that didn’t happen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Revisiting the movie through this lens offers plenty of important wisdom that its detractors were quick to shrug off.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Articles accused their detractors of basing comments on brief medical bulletins and newspaper reports, hardly enough to make a diagnosis.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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