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Recent Examples of blaspheme
For his followers, blaspheming the Holocaust and celebrating Hitler became a way to signal contempt for the political religion of postwar liberalism.
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Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
How to say anything about The Changeling without blaspheming its deep mystery, its reverence for the unspeakable, animal heart of creation?
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Watching Rome, Shiv, and Ken attempt to battle, scrape, and betray their way into their father’s heart—and, conversely, seeing Logan withhold, meter out, and blaspheme his version of love back at them—propelled Succession through four glorious seasons.
—John Ortved, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2025
Carter, along with President Gerald Ford, restored truth and honesty to the White House after Nixon blasphemed the White House with his corruption, his manipulation and his devious ways.
—Dave Anderson, Baltimore Sun, 31 Dec. 2024
Greg has been blasphemed on national hockey shows up there, eh?
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024
Earlier this month, Abdul Rauf, a Muslim English teacher, was gunned down in Turbat after his students accused him of blaspheming in one of his lectures.
—Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2023
In one infamous case in 2010, Asia Bibi, a Christian woman, was sentenced to death, accused of blaspheming Islam.
—New York Times, 4 May 2020
To disguise ourselves forever would be to blaspheme his work of redeeming the world.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 30 Mar. 2020
Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
How to say anything about The Changeling without blaspheming its deep mystery, its reverence for the unspeakable, animal heart of creation?
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Watching Rome, Shiv, and Ken attempt to battle, scrape, and betray their way into their father’s heart—and, conversely, seeing Logan withhold, meter out, and blaspheme his version of love back at them—propelled Succession through four glorious seasons.
—John Ortved, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2025
Carter, along with President Gerald Ford, restored truth and honesty to the White House after Nixon blasphemed the White House with his corruption, his manipulation and his devious ways.
—Dave Anderson, Baltimore Sun, 31 Dec. 2024
Greg has been blasphemed on national hockey shows up there, eh?
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024
Earlier this month, Abdul Rauf, a Muslim English teacher, was gunned down in Turbat after his students accused him of blaspheming in one of his lectures.
—Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2023
In one infamous case in 2010, Asia Bibi, a Christian woman, was sentenced to death, accused of blaspheming Islam.
—New York Times, 4 May 2020
To disguise ourselves forever would be to blaspheme his work of redeeming the world.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 30 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blaspheme
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The amnesty comes a week after Min Aung Hlaing was sworn into office following an election that critics say was neither free nor fair and was orchestrated to keep the military's iron grip on power.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The latter swears an oath to uphold the laws of this country and to preserve and safeguard the Constitution.—
Chicago Tribune,
Twin Cities,
17 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Rooted in racial violence The creek remained largely unnoticed for decades, although occasionally cursed by golfers losing a ball to it at Ironhorse Golf Club in Leawood.—
Sarah Ritter,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2026
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It has been said that Persian Gulf countries are both blessed and cursed by their vast oil and gas reserves.—
Scott L. Montgomery,
The Conversation,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Blaspheme.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blaspheme. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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