as in criticized
to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of
more concerned with pleasing audiences, the playwright has always claimed to be indifferent to whether critics praise his comedies or blame them without mercy
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Recent Examples of blamed
In March 2026, a detainee escaped from the facility, which ICE officials blamed on the contractors' inability to track people housed there.
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Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 9 June 2026
Its satellites have been blamed for interfering with astronomical observations and posing an ever-increasing risk of space collisions.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
Investigators blamed the Ukrainian intelligence services for the killing.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 9 June 2026
Delrahim, in an interview with the Los Angeles Times earlier this month, also accused people of campaigning against the Paramount-WBD merger and blamed antisemitism without further explanation.
—Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 9 June 2026
Iran blamed the United States for the escalation.
—Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
The hospital blamed an issue with its billing system that left it strapped for cash.
—CBS News, 8 June 2026
Mayor Quinton Lucas blamed the promoters and owners of an unlicensed after-hours club for a mass shooting that injured nine people early Saturday in Kansas City.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
House Speaker Daniel Perez, a Miami Republican, blamed DeSantis for the short timeline.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 2 June 2026
Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 9 June 2026
Its satellites have been blamed for interfering with astronomical observations and posing an ever-increasing risk of space collisions.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
Investigators blamed the Ukrainian intelligence services for the killing.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 9 June 2026
Delrahim, in an interview with the Los Angeles Times earlier this month, also accused people of campaigning against the Paramount-WBD merger and blamed antisemitism without further explanation.
—Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 9 June 2026
Iran blamed the United States for the escalation.
—Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
The hospital blamed an issue with its billing system that left it strapped for cash.
—CBS News, 8 June 2026
Mayor Quinton Lucas blamed the promoters and owners of an unlicensed after-hours club for a mass shooting that injured nine people early Saturday in Kansas City.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
House Speaker Daniel Perez, a Miami Republican, blamed DeSantis for the short timeline.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 2 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blamed
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Advocates have long criticized the conditions at the Aurora facility, and those complaints — alongside concerns that more facilities could open in the state — helped drive HB 1276’s contents.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
9 June 2026
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Bass has called for hiring more officers and defending her Inside Safe homelessness program, while Raman has criticized the cost of police raises, called for broader public-safety responses and argued that the city needs a more accountable and cost-effective homelessness system.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
9 June 2026
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Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares condemned the breakdown of the already fragile cease-fire.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
8 June 2026
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Ciise Aden Abshir, a senior adviser to Somalia's Ministry of Youth and Sports and a former national team captain, condemned the decision not to admit Artan.—
Camilo Montoya-Galvez,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
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Like conventional antitrust enforcers, Lynn faulted these corporate behemoths for overcharging consumers, undercutting their competition, and preventing innovation.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
26 May 2026
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The audit also faulted oversight by TRUSD and the Sacramento County Office of Education.—
Chaewon Chung,
Sacbee.com,
20 May 2026
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Earlier this week, Next Generation Action Network, a civil rights organization that has been advocating in favor of Anthony, denounced the racial makeup of the jurors.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC news,
6 June 2026
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The Iranian government denounced Persepolis and successfully lobbied for the film’s removal from the Bangkok International Film Festival.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2026
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The committee’s volunteers knocked on more than 32,000 doors, made more than 50,000 calls and distributed more than 1,200 yard signs, according to Andrew Kim from the Yes on Measure V Davis ground team.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2026
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Arizona State upset Texas in the first game, as Kavan was uncharacteristically knocked around for eight hits and three earned runs across five innings.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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“Blamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blamed. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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