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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
In January, one of the buildings in the complex was also condemned. Suzanne Le Mignot, CBS News, 1 July 2026 Commentators from around the world condemned the decision and said any US success from then on would be tainted. Ben Church, CNN Money, 7 July 2026 French President Emmanuel Macron’s office said the Paraguayan president had written to him to express support and condemned the remarks. Reuters, NBC news, 7 July 2026 Everyone is familiar with the old saw that those unversed in history are condemned to repeat it, which packs a certain irony 250 years into our democratic experiment. Colin Fleming, New York Daily News, 4 July 2026 Australian Senator Sarah Henderson condemned Albanese remarks on X on July 5. Saleen Martin, USA Today, 6 July 2026 Several Republican lawmakers also condemned Patriot Front following the march. Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 6 July 2026 It was widely condemned earlier this year when its AI tool, Grok, began creating thousands of sexualized images of women and children, and UK media regulator threatened to ban the entire platform before the practise was ended. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 July 2026 Eight of the primary winners who condemned the Gaza conflict were backed by American Priorities, a new pro-Palestinian super PAC supporting candidates who have been critical of Israel’s military actions. Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for condemned
Adjective
  • There is, however, room for questions about where the line between prohibited and acceptable political involvement will fall in practice.
    BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 11 July 2025
  • The list of prohibited and restricted items, as found on the CBP website, includes alcohol, biological materials, firearms, food and produce such as fruits and vegetables, soil, wildlife, fish, and gold, among other items.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Several temple administrators have denounced robotic elephants for rituals and festivals.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
  • Activists and faith leaders denounced the conditions at the office during a press conference the previous day, calling on officials to visit the facility and said there had been bad conditions at the facility for weeks.
    Vera Lucia Pappaterra, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • Trump has criticized other NATO members for not helping the US in its war on Iran, personally attacking the leaders of several countries over the issue.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
  • The attorneys criticized the speed at which the judge conducted the trial, including a court date on a Saturday when several defense witnesses were unavailable.
    Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 7 July 2026
Verb
  • Polis was censured by the Colorado Democratic Party in May as a result of his decision letting Peters out of prison.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • The two were censured and expelled from the International City/County Managers Association for ethics code violations.
    Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • That and a cascade of circumstantial evidence led to him being convicted of the crime in 2010.
    Taylor Croft, AJC.com, 6 July 2026
  • Jimmy Syhathep was convicted July 2 of carjacking, evading officers, hit-and-run and felony possession of a firearm, a spokesperson for the Sacramento District Attorney’s Office wrote in a statement issued Monday.
    Reeti Malhotra July 6, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026
Verb
  • Kohberger later pleaded guilty to four counts of murder and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
  • Oyler has been sentenced to 25 years to life in state prison.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026
Adjective
  • 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
  • And thank God for that, because forbidden love is my favorite type of drama to watch on Love Island.
    Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • The total does not include other deaths blamed on the heat since late June.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 8 July 2026
  • Autopsies and other investigations will be needed before the deaths are officially blamed on the heat, Washington said.
    Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

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