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Recent Examples of reprehension Putin is a formidable opponent who is worthy of reprehension. Arkansas Online, 17 June 2021
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Noun
  • At the end of his first term, his standing among GOP lawmakers was precarious: The Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol building led to condemnations from both sides of the aisle and his historic second impeachment.
    Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Israel has managed to destroy most of Gaza and is in the process of pulverizing parts of Lebanon to international condemnation and outrage and political and diplomatic isolation, but without facing effective efforts to rein it in.
    Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Heinz removed the censure from his request and put forth a motion requesting investigations by the Arizona Attorney General’s Office and the United States Attorney for the District of Arizona into the sheriff's actions.
    Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Bartomeu resigned from the Barca presidency in October 2020 after a motion of censure, which Font helped organise, received more than 20,000 signatures from club members.
    Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
Noun
  • That criticism has sometimes veered toward threats against company executives and political figures.
    William Gavin, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
  • It's repeatedly faced harsh criticism over its failure to curb child abuse on the platform.
    Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Senior Democratic lawmakers are trapped between their deep distrust of Donald Trump and their vigorous denunciations of any election challenges in the years since the Jan. 6 attack.
    Justin Green, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024
  • In the course of it, nearly everyone seemed to agree that there was a problem with Lewis, and he was subjected to a series of heated denunciations.
    Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • President Alejandro Giammattei was deeply unpopular at home, but other than occasional statements of reprobation from the United States and Europe, had managed to consolidate his control of the justice system with little consequence.
    Sonia Pérez D. and Christopher Sherman, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 July 2023
  • Fast forward a few years, and reprobation of Walmart’s sharp tactics has faded.
    Marc Levinson, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2021
Noun
  • Even though Russia’s election interference in 2016 attracted a great deal of public opprobrium in the United States, the Kremlin and other autocratic governments still seek to influence how Americans think and perceive the world.
    David Shedd, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2024
  • But among watch cognoscenti, the timepiece attracted instant opprobrium.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • European reproach of Israel reached new levels when Israeli military strikes began hitting posts of the UN peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Kind leaders are better at building trust, enabling employees to take risks and pursue innovative solutions without fear of reproach.
    William Arruda, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024

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“Reprehension.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reprehension. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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