crucified

past tense of crucify

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Verb
  • This came after Nick Saban jokingly scolded himself for not fielding Sayin during their weeks-long overlap in 2023’s postseason at Alabama.
    Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Trump, then in his first term as president, scolded police in a social media post for not protecting the statue.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • During cross-examination, he was upbraided for long answers that did not immediately answer the question he had been asked.
    Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • However, in the years since, the study has been criticized and cited as a major reason for existing stigma against hormone therapy.
    Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Morton has been criticized by the fan base for the lack of efficiency from this offense.
    The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Toronto taxed Dodgers ace Blake Snell and pilloried his replacements.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Dem leadership has been pilloried by Dem voters for rolling over and not standing up to Trump.
    Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In an audio recording that The Charlotte Observer and other news outlets published soon after, McFadden berated his staff and called them untrustworthy.
    Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Miss Universe pageant director Nawat Itsaragrisil berated Miss Mexico Fátima Bosch during a pre-pageant event.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Suharto blamed the coup on communists, ousted then-President Sukarno – the country’s first post-independence leader – and sanctioned a hunt for those responsible.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Delhi was the target of blasts during the 1980s and 1990s, with public places such as bus stations and crowded market areas hit in attacks blamed on Islamist militants or on separatists from the northern Sikh state of Punjab.
    Shivam Patel, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Picking sweet Julie mangoes from the big tree in the front yard of my childhood home; going to the beach where my late brother tried (and failed) to teach me to swim; visiting relatives during the summer in the very areas that were now being lashed by rain and wind.
    Grace White, Essence, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Vargas floated groups of migrants across the informal border crossing between Guatemala and Mexico on a makeshift raft made from wooden boards lashed to fat inner tubes.
    Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • How has Fawlty Towers, one of the most offbeat, provincial, inappropriate, and heavily excoriated shows of all time, remained popular for 50 years?
    Jonathan Margolis, Air Mail, 20 Sep. 2025
  • The Wall Street Journal editorial board excoriated Attorney General Pam Bondi for suggesting hate speech is not protected under the law in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death.
    Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Crucified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crucified. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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