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Recent Examples of hatchet job
This hatchet job does not follow the rules of law, has no analysis or actual auditing done to support actions and tramples on the rights of government employees.
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Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
Neither hagiography nor hatchet job, the movie casts an understanding eye on a once-infamous musical artist who weathered dizzying highs and devastating lows.
—Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
This hatchet job does not follow the rules of law, has no analysis or actual auditing done to support actions and tramples on the rights of government employees.
—Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
Neither hagiography nor hatchet job, the movie casts an understanding eye on a once-infamous musical artist who weathered dizzying highs and devastating lows.
—Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
No amount of mainstream media hatchet jobs can disguise those optics.
—David Medina, Hartford Courant, 18 Nov. 2024
But the most shameless is Informer, a scandal sheet that features hatchet jobs and images of buxom women.
—Robert F. Worth, New York Times, 3 May 2023
Later, the scene is recut as a hatchet job on social media that leads to Tár’s downfall.
—Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023
Trump supporters say the potential prosecution is a politically motivated hatchet job disconnected from the law.
—Joseph Morton, Dallas News, 22 Mar. 2023
Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
Neither hagiography nor hatchet job, the movie casts an understanding eye on a once-infamous musical artist who weathered dizzying highs and devastating lows.
—Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
This hatchet job does not follow the rules of law, has no analysis or actual auditing done to support actions and tramples on the rights of government employees.
—Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
Neither hagiography nor hatchet job, the movie casts an understanding eye on a once-infamous musical artist who weathered dizzying highs and devastating lows.
—Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
No amount of mainstream media hatchet jobs can disguise those optics.
—David Medina, Hartford Courant, 18 Nov. 2024
But the most shameless is Informer, a scandal sheet that features hatchet jobs and images of buxom women.
—Robert F. Worth, New York Times, 3 May 2023
Later, the scene is recut as a hatchet job on social media that leads to Tár’s downfall.
—Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023
Trump supporters say the potential prosecution is a politically motivated hatchet job disconnected from the law.
—Joseph Morton, Dallas News, 22 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatchet job
Noun
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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
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Gabor Rona, a professor at Cardozo School of Law who specializes in international humanitarian law, agreed with the criticism of GHF.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
1 June 2025
Noun
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Try supplements: Certain supplements, such as Riboflavin and CoQ10, can help reduce the frequency and severity of attacks.—
Verywell Health,
Verywell Health,
6 June 2025
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Gangs control at least 85% of its capital, Port-au-Prince, and have launched attacks in the country’s central region in recent years.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
5 June 2025
Noun
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Springsteen is a passionate liberal who has campaigned for every Democratic candidate for president over the past two decades, and he’s made no effort to disguise his contempt for President Trump, but this is his most passionate denunciation of him to date.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
14 May 2025
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Angry public denunciations of Glassman soon followed.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
10 May 2025
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Stupar declined to comment on the censure, referring any questions to Lynch, who is president of the board.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2025
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Libby filed her lawsuit against Fecteau to have the censure overturned on March 11.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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No one is more familiar than Walker with state government’s contempt for constitutional rights.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
24 May 2025
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Sapienza seems captivated by the young woman, who can go from hot to cold in a heartbeat, acting all seductive in one scene and then treating the older woman with contempt.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
21 May 2025
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Economists and pundits reacted to Trump’s warning with a mix of horror and haughty disdain.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Trump has made no secret of his disdain for the bloc.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
29 May 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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“Hatchet job.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatchet%20job. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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