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condemning

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verb

present participle of condemn
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Recent Examples of condemning
Verb
When asked whether Cunningham’s supporters had received fair treatment from the WNBA, Paxton stopped short of condemning the league. Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026 In addition to the payments, Harvard Medical School agreed to provide families with a statement condemning Lodge’s actions and summarizing improvements made to the Anatomical Gift Program. ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026 The settlement plan also includes a pledge by the school to provide a statement to the claimant families condemning Lodge's criminal acts, and to detail improvements made to the organ donation program. CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 Egyptian Presidency Handout / Anadolu via Getty Images Earlier Monday, Hamas welcomed a joint statement from the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Egypt condemning Israel’s rejection of the road map. Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2026 Iran and Pakistan together have forced out millions of Afghans who sought refuge in those countries, effectively condemning the women and girls among them to suffer the Taliban’s persecution. Rina Amiri, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026 Democratic socialist candidates have unseated more moderate incumbents in primaries in Colorado, Michigan and New York while condemning actions by the state of Israel. Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026 Celebrity responses remain divided, with some, like Ireland Baldwin, condemning his past while wishing him recovery. Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Mathematician Benjamin Banneker wrote to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, condemning his hypocrisy for owning slaves. USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for condemning
Adjective
  • The league's anti-hate committee was formed last year to deal with hateful and abusive online comments directed at players and the league.
    S.E. Jenkins, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • But arguably the script by Jones and director Brunner might have been a skoosh more impactful if the small-minded townsfolk, clearly coded as bigoted MAGA types, weren’t quite so hateful with only a few exceptions.
    Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Curtis’ office, and created online petitions denouncing Kurv’s industrial plan, garnering more than 1,000 signatures.
    Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Initially, diplomats assigned to the region sought to counter Bukele’s growing influence by sharply denouncing his anti-democratic impulses.
    Daniel Castro, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Criticizing the actions of the Israeli prime minister, a military technology contract, or the executives who supply it is not the same as criticizing Jewish people.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2026
  • McCain has often spoken out against the British royal family and Markle, in particular, routinely criticizing her on the Happy Hour talk series during the 2025 release of Markle’s docuseries With Love, Meghan.
    Mariel Turner, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The City Council, which is considering censuring the mayor, asked for assistance because the city’s Human Resources director wasn’t available at the time, according to Mayor Pro Tem Tara Graves.
    Elijah Megginson, AJC.com, 25 July 2026
  • As this memoir opens, Iran’s morality police stalk the university where Nafisi works, censuring her female students.
    The Atlantic, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • His team claimed that pink, Brooks’ favorite color, would sway the jury into convicting him.
    KC Baker, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Sugar’s purpose in this earthly life — to reunite lost families in the City of Angels — is crumbling under the maddening impossibility of convicting a policeman of a crime in a world where the crime is the point.
    Andy Andersen, Vulture, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • But if convicted, the judge would have the option of sentencing him as a juvenile, as an adult or imposing a juvenile sentence that could convert to an adult sentence if he is not rehabilitated.
    Paula Wethington, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The state should provide pathways to employment for these individuals rather than sentencing them to jail time when possible, said Sharp-Collins in the Assembly.
    Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2026
Adjective
  • The Larson campaign became openly contemptuous of Bronin at the May convention.
    Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026
  • The man didn’t catch Serena’s contemptuous expression, however, too busy peeling bills from a money clip and pressing them into his date’s hand.
    Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • People shooting them too far forward and then blaming the cartridge, maybe.
    Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2026
  • But blaming the technology risks obscuring the fact that humans write the code, select the data on which AI systems are trained, approve their use, and decide where and how they are deployed.
    Shaun Harper, AJC.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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