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verb

past tense of condemn
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as in sentenced
to impose a judicial punishment on a stern judge who does not hesitate to condemn a felon to life behind bars

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Recent Examples of condemned
Verb
Other singers who have previously condemned the administration for using their music include Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Rodrigo and SZA. Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Now condemned and boarded up, cordoned off by sagging tape, dirty roll-up door set to adorn the front pages of tomorrow’s papers. Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026 The killing drew national attention, and prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump visited with Belt-Stubblefield’s widow and condemned the fatal shooting. Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 3 Aug. 2026 Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the bombing, expressing deep sorrow over the loss of life. Riaz Khan, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026 President and prime minister offer condolences Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the bombing, expressing deep sorrow over the loss of life. CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026 Building inspectors condemned an aging residence hall where the students were supposed to live. Adam Beam, AJC.com, 31 July 2026 Holscher condemned Lawrence as a bully with a clear agenda supporting Corson. Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026 Concacaf has previously strongly condemned the manner in which FIFA introduced the idea. Megan Feringa, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for condemned
Adjective
  • Last November, both TMZ and CBS News reported alleged infractions, including being caught with homemade alcohol and trying to make a forbidden three-way phone call.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, VIBE.com, 24 July 2026
  • More recently, mathematicians have been able to adapt Erdős’ method to get better estimates of Ramsey numbers where the forbidden cliques differ vastly in size.
    Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Dan Na Ambassagou, a militia group that fights against Fulanis, accusing them of harboring Islamist groups, was once embraced by the government but has now been denounced.
    ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
  • Democrats have overwhelmingly denounced the President’s efforts to affix his name and likeness onto government buildings, programs, and items.
    Chantelle Lee, Time, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • Musk moved both of those companies to Texas in recent years and has loudly criticized both California and Delaware (where a Tesla shareholder sued him over his record-setting compensation).
    Maria Aspan, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
  • In 2014, Cuban criticized the NFL for expanding its schedule to have games on more days of the week.
    Jon Machota, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Rangel, who relinquished his position as chair of the House Ways and Means Committee amid the inquiry, was eventually censured, the first time a congressman had been thusly reprimanded in public in almost three decades.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026
  • He has been accused of vote trading and threatening recalls against his colleagues and was censured twice by the council.
    Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2026
Verb
  • Prosecutors secured a prison sentence for Lopez for alleged fraud, but in the appeals process, a judge ruled that she had been wrongly convicted.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Kendall Ramsey, 28, was convicted Friday of first-degree murder in the killings of Kayla Holder, 23, and their infant son, Kainoa Ramsey, according to Hawaii News Now, KHON2 and the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
    Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Colt’s father, Colin Gray, was sentenced to 15 years in prison two days later, as his lawyer announced plans to appeal.
    Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Manguchei pleaded to conspiracy to possess a firearm and ammunition as a felon, and was sentenced to 44 months in prison.
    Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • It’s been nearly a decade since California voters legalized recreational cannabis, but production and sales remain outlawed in most of the state — and the black market dominates.
    Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • King Henry’s laws adamantly forbade chattel slavery, outlawed colonialism, and created an economically robust, financially solvent Black state, one not dependent on the transatlantic slave trade.
    Marlene L. Daut September 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • These CMOs typically last two to three years before growth plateaus despite rising spend, and they either get blamed for a weak pipeline or move to a role with cleaner metrics and smaller scope.
    Vlada Grebenykova, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Many blamed the incident on his government’s progressive policies and publicly rallied for new border checks at sea, air and land ports of entry.
    Sam McNeil, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026

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