denunciation
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Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2024
This is a clear denunciation by the public in a direct response to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
—Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 8 Nov. 2023
Her actions prompted a denunciation from Representative Jim McGovern, Democrat of Massachusetts, which set off a social media feud.
—Annie Karni, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2024
Warren, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney General who had co-founded the Immigration Restriction League—and a Boston Brahmin who was so dedicated to Harvard that he was rarely seen without a crimson bow tie—agreed with Taft’s denunciation of Charles Beard’s interpretation of the Framers.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
Some of the judges, who share responsibility and oversight of more than 1,200 Capitol riot prosecutions, have ratcheted up their denunciations of efforts to rewrite the history of the attack on the Capitol, just as Trump campaigns to return to the White House.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2024
After court convened, Paterson, seated in the south side of the chamber, stood up and shouted a denunciation of the court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
Professional informers write denunciations about you — volunteers from the special services, war correspondents and public patriotic organizations.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 2 Feb. 2024
Their denunciations of the city’s first Black mayor were relentless, and their anger resonated beyond the council chambers.
—Priscella Vega, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024
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