hatchet job

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Recent Examples of hatchet job Neither hagiography nor hatchet job, the movie casts an understanding eye on a once-infamous musical artist who weathered dizzying highs and devastating lows. Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024 No amount of mainstream media hatchet jobs can disguise those optics. David Medina, Hartford Courant, 18 Nov. 2024 But the most shameless is Informer, a scandal sheet that features hatchet jobs and images of buxom women. Robert F. Worth, New York Times, 3 May 2023 Later, the scene is recut as a hatchet job on social media that leads to Tár’s downfall. Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023 In other words, the book is not a hatchet job. John Tamny, Forbes, 27 May 2021 Trump supporters say the potential prosecution is a politically motivated hatchet job disconnected from the law. Joseph Morton, Dallas News, 22 Mar. 2023 Rumor has it that someone is writing a book about her life, which will be a hatchet job. Lincee Ray, EW.com, 9 Nov. 2022 Rick Reilly’s hatchet job in Sports Illustrated, painting Bo as a coward, was merely the most infamous and casually vicious of the genre. al, 27 Oct. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatchet job
Noun
  • But the transportation secretary on Sunday also repeatedly echoed Trump and his top allies' criticism of DEI efforts in the immediate aftermath of the DC-area collision.
    Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2025
  • While Pacheco and many in the Venezuelan community have appreciated the U.S. government’s criticism of Nicolás Maduro, she is disillusioned with Trump’s announcement that the Maduro regime has agreed to take back undocumented Venezuelan immigrants.
    Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • How rare are attacks like these? School shootings are rare, but Sweden – long associated with high living standards and a strong social safety net – has seen a surge in violent crime in recent years, driven in part by gang warfare.
    Henrik Pettersson, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Torelli plays Addy Frost, an exploration influencer who returns to the Devil’s Triangle 13 years after witnessing her father’s death in a shark attack.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, at the Poston camp in Arizona, Ted Haas actively resisted, leading the staff in a denunciation of the fence that halted its construction.
    Eric Muller, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Some causes included an end to the Vietnam War; nuclear disarmament; women’s equality; pro-life movement; gay/lesbian rights; freedom for Soviet Jews; fighting against AIDS; the MeToo movement; and support for Israel/denunciation of antisemitism.
    Paul L. Newman, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The censure hasn’t stopped Turner from seeking the mayoral post.
    Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The day after the fighter’s death, Trump dismissed the censure.
    Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Pete Hegseth's ex-wife 'feared for her personal safety,' his former sister-in-law says in affidavit An attorney for Pete Hegseth denied these allegations, and allegations of abuse were also rejected by his ex-wife.
    Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 24 Jan. 2025
  • And the new administration is seeking ways to root out waste, fraud, abuse and Biden-era policies with a new government efficiency program led by billionaire businessman Elon Musk.
    Kristin Brown, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Last fall, Judge Laura Taylor Swain found the city in contempt of a range of court orders and directed the parties to file proposals for an independent receiver.
    Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Mueller’s predecessor, Pritzker appointee Marc Smith, was held in contempt of court a number of times for violating court orders by failing to find children appropriate placements in a timely manner, though all or most of those orders were later vacated.
    Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • More News: Wrestling Icon Sting Reveals Final Appearances for Classic Persona In a candid conversation with McAfee, McMahon opened up about her time as an on-screen character in WWE, reflecting on her love for playing the villain and her disdain for being a babyface.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Anger at elites Why, then, is disdain for scientific experts appealing to so many Americans?
    Dominik Stecuła, The Conversation, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Squabbling coaches — Tindall had put his fingers to his lips to hush Unai Emery after Duran’s departure, earning invective in response — added to the sense of renaissance.
    George Caulkin, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Police officers have been injured, spit on and had objects hurled at them, the same invective screamed at them as the insurrectionists screamed at the Capitol Police on Jan. 6.
    Jeff Robbins, Boston Herald, 10 June 2024

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