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Recent Examples of apostasy
For religious Jews, the establishment of a state prior to the arrival of the Messiah was an apostasy.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2024
Betrayal, vengeance, invective, and apostasy: these are constants in the turmoil and carnival of American political history.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023
In a political party that has evolved into a personality cult, her apostasy resides in her refusal to worship its leader and in her defense of the Constitution.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023
Medieval Islamic laws, such as capital punishment for apostasy, are used to give an appearance of authoritative piety in present times.
—Iqbal Akhtar, The Conversation, 25 July 2023
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2024
Betrayal, vengeance, invective, and apostasy: these are constants in the turmoil and carnival of American political history.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023
In a political party that has evolved into a personality cult, her apostasy resides in her refusal to worship its leader and in her defense of the Constitution.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023
Medieval Islamic laws, such as capital punishment for apostasy, are used to give an appearance of authoritative piety in present times.
—Iqbal Akhtar, The Conversation, 25 July 2023
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Thompson said that the pope has contributed to a major schism among Catholics, with more conservative members dismissing his progressive stances on LGBTQ rights and the environment and more liberal members calling him out for not shifting the church's stance on reproductive rights.Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2024
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In New York, the schism between boss Chickie and underboss Vince widens.Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2024
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Pyongyang may also stare down issues with desertion and defection, Yeo noted.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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The incident follows the defection of the RSF commander in Al-Jazirah, the region where the massacre allegedly took place.Barbara Arvanitidis, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
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It was also conveyed that India reserves the right to take further steps in response to the Trudeau government's support for extremism, violence and separatism against India.Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 15 Oct. 2024
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That’s why, experts posit, Delhi has drawn a clear redline in local politics: No more separatism.Fahad Shah, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Sep. 2024
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The second major structural change involves one of the hallmarks of SARS-CoV-2 as compared to SARS-CoV-1: initial scission at the S1 furin cleavage site.William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 6 May 2022
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When the nucleus ultimately disintegrates, these pieces move apart rapidly and the neck snaps quickly, a process known as scission.Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2021
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The infidelity story has been extremely well told before.Michael Ausiello, TVLine, 31 Oct. 2024
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What was supposed to be a happy time, however, was marred with Baskett's infidelity scandal — which played out in front of cameras.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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Though neither Kempe nor Joan knew how to read and write, both found ways to make their voices heard, the former by dictating her story to a scribe and the latter by testifying at her 1431 heresy trial.Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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Joan was tried by a pro-English court for heresy in 1431, where she was found guilty.Tacita Quinn, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
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There may be slight deviations from the podcast audio.Amanda Luberto, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
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Near the beginning of the film, Dylan meets Guthrie in his grim hospital room, where, in one of the film’s deviations from fact, Norton’s Seeger happens to be already visiting.Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024
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Another common misconception is that there must always be a third-party manager or pimp involved in trafficking.Kim Elsesser, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Bigfoot, the campaign’s mascot, is reportedly a member of the big heart club and also represents myths and misconceptions about organ donation.Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Apostasy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apostasy. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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