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Recent Examples of abomination The series was an abomination of epic scale for Miami, but one that maybe shouldn’t have shocked following a 37-45 regular season and 10th playoff seed that worked up in the play-in to No. 8. Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2025 And that would be an abomination – an abuse of power, and punishment against the weakest, most fragile and youngest in our country. Ailsa Chang, NPR, 17 Apr. 2025 In keeping with their distaste for regulations, Republicans and the broader conservative legal movement have long treated independent agencies as an abomination—and last month Trump sought to rein them in with an executive order that purported to bring them further under his direct control. Cristian Farias, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2025 Yes, the end results are abominations, but there’s at least a lot less to get worked up about. Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for abomination
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Noun
  • As soon as the gunfight starts, the audience knows who the enemies are.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 June 2025
  • In a pre-recorded video message, Khamenei claimed that American involvement signals Israel's weakness, adding that Iran's retaliatory actions have weakened the enemy.
    Amanda Castro Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • There is a strong sense of hatred toward Netanyahu, whose calls for the Iranian public to take this opportunity to rise up and overthrow their leaders are seemingly falling flat.
    NBC News, NBC news, 19 June 2025
  • Miller is a man who is richly endowed with the capacity for hatred.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • Holly hits the road with the activist and brings along a gun, despite her deep need to be near her home and her abhorrence of weapons.
    Maren Longbella, Boston Herald, 30 May 2025
  • The reactions from right-of-center publications divide into roughly four camps, aligning on a spectrum ranging from vocal approval to outright abhorrence.
    Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Noun
  • There is never a place for this kind of political hate.
    Audrey Conklin , Bill Melugin , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Matt Finn, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2025
  • Wade doesn’t allow hate to change his parenting approach.
    Jason Jones, New York Times, 15 June 2025
Noun
  • Between the lines: Many undecideds are painfully trying to balance their sense of obligation with their detestation for Trump, as USA Today first detailed on Thursday.
    Erin Doherty, Axios, 14 Dec. 2024
  • One of the most memorable chapters epitomizes her detestation for the ultra-wealthy and pompous intellectuals who rushed to rationalize her work.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 20 Jan. 2024
Noun
  • Even Heinz made a joke on social media last year about the superstar’s phobia, posting a photo of a bottle of ketchup labeled Heinz 97 (referencing McDavid’s jersey number) — instead of the traditional Heinz 57 label on the bottle.
    Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 10 June 2025
  • Noise-sensitive dogs, particularly breeds like border collies and Australian shepherds, may have a genetic predisposition to noise phobias.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • Malicious Insiders: Employees or contractors who intentionally exfiltrate data, damage systems or assist external adversaries 2.
    Muhi S. Majzoub, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • To achieve denial against a peer adversary like China, the United States may need to clearly signal a readiness to intervene, in what would be a test of the American public's appetite for more war.
    John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • But focusing on Ukraine gives short shrift to the many political, economic, and strategic interests that Putin and Xi share—chief among them a mutual antipathy toward the United States.
    Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
  • With the Trump administration's antipathy toward climate science, universities are stepping up to ensure the U.S. still has scientific representation at the IPCC.
    Andrew Freedman, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025

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“Abomination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abomination. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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