gibbet

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gibbet
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
  • On social media and in public statements, several Republican figures lashed out at the proposal.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 11 Nov. 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, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Koch was a real-life Nazi war criminal, played here by Krieps, whose sick specialties include flaying the skin off of Jewish people and making objects out of it like lampshades.
    William Earl, Variety, 4 Oct. 2025
  • This led to the investigation of Gein’s farm that unearthed his atrocities, including Worden’s body being decapitated, flayed, and hung in his shed.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Chipotle and Cava both reported weaker sales this fall, blaming a slowdown among younger diners who are packing lunches instead.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025
  • The hurricane has been blamed for 77 deaths, according to the Pan American Health Organization.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Nawat Itsaragrisil, president of Miss Grand International (MGI), was seen scolding Fatima Bosch, a 25-year-old contestant from Mexico, ahead of the 74th Miss Universe competition being held in Bangkok later this month.
    Anabella González, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
  • No doubt many grandmothers will want to scold us, but the truth is, soap isn't going to destroy your cast iron pans.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 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
  • Zelenskyy walked away from the meeting not only empty-handed, but apparently upbraided by Trump, who said Ukraine should accept Russia’s terms for ending the war — by handing over the entire eastern territory of Donbas, the epicenter of ongoing fighting in Ukraine.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Republicans say those health care discussions shouldn't happen until the government reopens and fault Democrats from failing to advance a continuing resolution to keep the government open.
    Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Others faulted strategic missteps.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • And other than a recession, which generally keelhauls buyback plans, don’t expect companies to ease off their repurchases.
    Larry Light, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2019
  • The threat posed by the AT&T-Time Warner merger is all the greater today because of the Trump administration’s initiative in keelhauling network neutrality at the Federal Communications Commission.
    Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 12 June 2018
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“Gibbet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gibbet. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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