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Recent Examples of crucify
Oh God, people are probably going to crucify me for this, but really not much.
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Choire Sicha, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
Easter commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, three days after he was crucified by Romans around 30 A.D.
Easter marks the last day of the Holy Week, which consists of several days that each carry their own significance.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 26 Mar. 2024
Engineering, literature, philosophy, theater, and the arts flowered; with lasting effects, Romans crucified Jesus and destroyed Jerusalem’s Second Temple.
—Michael Fontaine, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2016
He was crucified on Good Friday and resurrected on Easter Sunday.
—Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2024
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Choire Sicha, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
Easter commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, three days after he was crucified by Romans around 30 A.D.
Easter marks the last day of the Holy Week, which consists of several days that each carry their own significance.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 26 Mar. 2024
Engineering, literature, philosophy, theater, and the arts flowered; with lasting effects, Romans crucified Jesus and destroyed Jerusalem’s Second Temple.
—Michael Fontaine, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2016
He was crucified on Good Friday and resurrected on Easter Sunday.
—Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crucify
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Being heavily criticized is something that often comes with reaching high levels of fame, but Doja Cat has had enough of the twisted image that is being portrayed of her.—
Regina Cho,
VIBE.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Critics of executive overreach have long criticized the Office of Legal Counsel as too permissive.—
Charlie Savage,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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She’s not done berating the Almighty when she’s interrupted by a sound: a train, chugging through the great white expanse.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
6 Apr. 2025
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Cut to Alex, desperately tending to her dwindling fire while berating God for letting her experience love, only to rip it away from her.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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They are blamed for a mysterious illness that’s starting to spread – said to be passed through a single gaze, when one man falls in love with another.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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Last month, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Trump's tariffs were partly to blame for price increases that had taken place in February.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2025
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Back in the fortress, the Man of Steel scolds Krypto for wrecking the joint while he was gone.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
1 Apr. 2025
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After the kid was saved, Beltran scolded the resident, reminding her not to bring her personal life into the ER — or her attending’s.—
Charlie Mason,
TVLine,
27 Mar. 2025
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Several participants in the group chat, including Waltz and Rubio, had for years excoriated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for using a private email server to conduct government business.—
Zachary Basu,
Axios,
24 Mar. 2025
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The next month was vocalist Patti LuPone, famous for her soaring voice but also for excoriating maskless theatergoers during COVID-19.—
Peter Tonguette,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
14 Mar. 2025
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The brief interview created a furious reaction online, with the likes of Dionne Warwick and Khloé Kardashian upbraiding the journalists for treating Babyface so disrespectfully.—
Abid Rahman,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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That starts with upbraiding Chapman’s would-be assassin, who’s still nursing injuries from being run over by a taxicab — this after handling three other agents quite capably.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2024
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If the robot, who frequently metamorphoses, gives shape to some form of justice, it’s flayed down to a name.—
Elisa Gonzalez,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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The upper fangs sank into Wyatt’s left cheek, just below his eye socket, the lower into his top lip and right nostril, flaying his face in four separate places.—
Malcolm Brooks Malcolm Hillgartner Krish Seenivasan Zak Mouton,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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Few could fault Whitesell for seeking a fresh start with a focus on sports and live events.—
Peter Kiefer,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Mar. 2025
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News of the highly sensitive breach quickly drew damning comments from Democrats who faulted the carelessness.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Crucify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crucify. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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