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So far, Trumps criticism of Powell doesn’t appear to have had any bearing on monetary policy, despite temporarily shaking the markets in late April when it was believed Trump might try to fire Powell.—
Simon Moore,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025 -
The top seeds cruised on the men’s side of the French Open and the scheduling of women’s tennis matches drew more criticism from a pair of American stars.—
Sam Settleman,
New York Times,
1 June 2025
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Mike the promoter and his right-hand man, Shorty, a person with dwarfism who comes in for page after page of ableist invective.—
Lauren Elkin,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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Oilers fans booed the American national anthem, and one woman used a lull to shout an invective about Mr. Trump.—
John Branch,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2025
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Last week, four high-profile deportation cases sparked rebukes from federal judges against President Donald Trump and his deportation plans, painting a complex picture of an immigration system where law enforcement priorities clash with due process rights and judicial authority.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
7 June 2025
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Andrew Bain, the state attorney at the time, then placed Lopez on an official list of law enforcement officers deemed untrustworthy — also known as a Brady list — in a highly unusual rebuke of a sitting sheriff.—
Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 June 2025
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Flash forward 92-plus years to Donald Trump’s rally Sunday at New York’s Madison Square Garden, a bleak, lurid festival of racist hate and profane vituperation so vile that even fellow Republicans, who have turned a blind eye to Trump’s character for years, are distancing themselves from the event.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Oct. 2024
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The politicization of the COVID response has only worsened this trend, likely resulting in part from Trump’s vituperation.—
Matt Motta,
Scientific American,
29 Oct. 2024
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Broward judge to receive reprimand in June Morning Update: South Florida’s top stories for Monday, May 19, 2025.—
South Florida Sun Sentinel,
Sun Sentinel,
19 May 2025
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Such discipline could range from private reprimands to suspension or even permanent disbarment, effectively ending an attorney’s legal career.—
Cassandra Burke Robertson,
The Conversation,
23 Apr. 2025
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The incident became public after the Department of Homeland Security released a copy of her 2021 restraining order petition citing multiple incidents of abuse.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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At the top Plus Extended tier, Bitdefender watches for abuse of your SSN, reports unauthorized change of address events, and scans court records.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 June 2025
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Image The worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza has ignited growing international opprobrium against the Israeli campaign against Hamas.—
Iyad Abuheweila,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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The massacres spurred a wave of global opprobrium, with the U.S., Europe and other world powers demanding guarantees that minorities’ rights would be preserved before far-reaching sanctions on the country can be lifted.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Advertisement China’s Foreign Ministry also issued a vehement reproof.—
Elaine Kurtenbach,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Dec. 2024
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So your best response is either to ignore the remark, which is a reproof in itself, or to make a joke of it.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
9 July 2024
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“Blackguardism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackguardism. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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