censure
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Mr. Buruma resists glib post hoc censure, acknowledging that German civilians “lived in constant fear of their own government.”
From The Wall Street Journal β Mar. 13, 2026
Noem was the public face of that disapproval, strutting forward with arrogance in the face of public censure, a veritable clown show of ineptitude.
From Los Angeles Times β Mar. 6, 2026
Fine has not appeared fearful of censure or any loss of his committee assignments.
From Salon β Feb. 18, 2026
Ruth Luque, one of the lawmakers who backed the censure measures, said she wanted a leader who would put public interest and security first.
From BBC β Feb. 17, 2026
Still wary of censure, I further related to him my entry into Mr. Jonathan Gitney’s house and my theft of clothing.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him.
From BBC β Oct. 30, 2025
It still demands collusion, censures dissent, confuses the exertion of power with the protest against it.
From Los Angeles Times β Nov. 10, 2023
Gorsuch said that didn’t mean all censures are alike, and that such condemnation sometimes might not be acceptable, depending upon the recipient.
From Washington Post β Mar. 24, 2022
He said he generally also does not favor censures.
From Seattle Times β Feb. 4, 2022
The fiscal gave this as an instance of the contempt of the count for the censures under which he pretended that he had fallen, as the principal instigator of the first revolt.
From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Juan Antonio Llorente
These censured the king and his ministers with remarkable brazenness.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jun. 12, 2026
The City Council formally censured Lopez in 2022, barred him from committee appointments and limited his interactions with city staff outside of meetings.
From Los Angeles Times β Dec. 20, 2025
It’s infrequent that a judge is publicly or privately censured.
From Slate β Dec. 11, 2025
FBI agents at field offices and at headquarters who resisted Gray’s power were censured, fired or transferred.
From Salon β Oct. 4, 2025
For this he was censured in the Senate by Fabius Maximus, who called him the corruptor of the Roman army.
From "The Prince" by NiccolΓ² Machiavelli
Critics are censuring Mr. Warsh for turning his back on those goals.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 16, 2026
In an exactly split tally, half of voting members supported censuring Block, but the measure did not pass because it required a simple majority.
From Los Angeles Times β May 23, 2024
But make no mistake about its significance: Parliament censuring a man who was prime minister as recently as September in the strongest possible terms.
From BBC β Jun. 19, 2023
North Carolina State Representative Mark Brody, who supports censuring Sen. Tillis, says it is better to address differences directly.
From Reuters β Mar. 3, 2023
“I would wish not to be hasty in censuring any one; but I always speak what I think.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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