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Recent Examples of crucify
The Maroun monastery dates back to a century after Jesus was crucified.
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NPR, 1 Dec. 2025
If Disney or Lego or any other of these children's companies were held to the same standards, they would be getting crucified in the media.
—David Gilbert, Wired News, 25 Nov. 2025
In the Muslim Quarter, there were no tourists on the Via Dolorosa—the Way of Sorrows, where Christ carried the cross to be crucified.
—Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
Hermann Nitsch crucified lambs and bulls, and Joseph Beuys attempted cohabitation with a coyote.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
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NPR, 1 Dec. 2025
If Disney or Lego or any other of these children's companies were held to the same standards, they would be getting crucified in the media.
—David Gilbert, Wired News, 25 Nov. 2025
In the Muslim Quarter, there were no tourists on the Via Dolorosa—the Way of Sorrows, where Christ carried the cross to be crucified.
—Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
Hermann Nitsch crucified lambs and bulls, and Joseph Beuys attempted cohabitation with a coyote.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crucify
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The move was fiercely criticized by Epstein’s victims and their advocates.—
Michael R. Sisak,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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His role, Reggie Porter Montgomery, was originally played by the late Chadwick Boseman — his future Black Panther costar — who was fired after just one week on set for criticizing Reggie's character arc for playing into racial stereotypes.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Feb. 2026
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The Clintons' rise to power paralleled the explosion of talk radio as a political force, with Rush Limbaugh using his daily show as a platform to constantly berate the White House.—
STEVEN SLOAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
26 Feb. 2026
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For Trump this was, as ever, an occasion to brag and boast, to lie about his achievements, and to berate and denigrate the opposition party.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2026
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About 100 deaths were blamed on that devastating storm across the entire East Coast.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
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Good says the city is partly to blame for voters rejecting a $230 million bond issue that would have paid for a new police station, park upgrades, new sidewalks and other projects.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Feb. 2026
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But Saxon said Ye kept him constantly on edge, demanding photo updates of construction work, scolding him for wearing blue instead of the all-black worker uniform Ye preferred, and suddenly adding 24/7 security duties to his workload.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
25 Feb. 2026
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In Zambrano’s case, Gee scolded the government over how the detention unfolded.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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Craig Aaron, the co-CEO of Free Press, a consumer advocacy group, excoriated the potential WBD-Paramount merger, warning of dire consequences for the news media.—
Daniel Arkin,
NBC news,
27 Feb. 2026
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The president often has chosen a combative approach, even excoriating Democrats during the bipartisan prayer breakfast this year, Upton noted.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
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Based on his 2020 short film, Meeks draws from his personal ties to Ohio to upbraid our preconceptions about the cyclical nature of addiction and recovery.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
21 Jan. 2026
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At a hearing two days after the government dropped its charges against Baraka, the judge upbraided Stephen Demanovich, a federal prosecutor who had been assigned the case.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
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The apostle was believed to have met his martyrdom by being flayed alive.—
Virginia Raguin,
The Conversation,
19 Feb. 2026
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Most repellent of all is a slow-burn sequence in which the Jimmys, having stumbled on a small community of survivors, proceed to string them up in a barn and gradually, meticulously flay them alive.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
16 Jan. 2026
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In the political aftermath, former and current leadership seized on the incident to fault Mamdani’s leadership, saying the mayor’s earlier criticisms of the NYPD had fostered a climate of disrespect for law enforcement.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Feb. 2026
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D'Souza said the group understands delays and cancellations, but faulted the communication.—
Elijah Westbrook,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Crucify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crucify. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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