as in criticized
to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of
virtually all the movie critics have panned this latest sequel in a tired series
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Recent Examples of panned
Still, if the benchmark results hold up when tested by independent experts, Muse Spark seems to put Meta back in the AI race after its last AI model, Llama 4, which was released in April 2025, was widely panned as a dud.
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
The camera actively panned over to view the street where the incident happened before any vehicles arrived, indicating that someone may have been manually controlling it in real time.
—Steve Karnowski, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
The camera panned to the family once more, this time showing the mom placing a second spoon into the cup and wiping excess off the sides with a napkin.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2026
When the camera panned back to the family, the announcers didn’t hold back.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
The series was largely panned by critics and fans alike, though a significant portion of viewers found delight in hate-watching.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 4 Apr. 2026
But fans online have panned the card for lacking top talent such as former two-division champion Jon Jones, who requested his release from the UFC immediately after being excluded from the White House show.
—Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
But fans online have panned the card for lacking top talent such as former two-division champion Jon Jones, who requested his release from the UFC immediately after being excluded from the White House show.
—ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026
Following its premiere on Hulu last fall, the legal drama was widely panned by critics, and currently holds a 6 percent average on Rotten Tomatoes.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2026
Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
The camera actively panned over to view the street where the incident happened before any vehicles arrived, indicating that someone may have been manually controlling it in real time.
—Steve Karnowski, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
The camera panned to the family once more, this time showing the mom placing a second spoon into the cup and wiping excess off the sides with a napkin.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2026
When the camera panned back to the family, the announcers didn’t hold back.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
The series was largely panned by critics and fans alike, though a significant portion of viewers found delight in hate-watching.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 4 Apr. 2026
But fans online have panned the card for lacking top talent such as former two-division champion Jon Jones, who requested his release from the UFC immediately after being excluded from the White House show.
—Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
But fans online have panned the card for lacking top talent such as former two-division champion Jon Jones, who requested his release from the UFC immediately after being excluded from the White House show.
—ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026
Following its premiere on Hulu last fall, the legal drama was widely panned by critics, and currently holds a 6 percent average on Rotten Tomatoes.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for panned
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Benjamin Rush, a Founding Father and a physician, criticized the medical establishment for being closed-minded about treatments recommended by non-physicians.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Glendon Hall, who leads the Miami Beach Black Affairs Advisory Committee, criticized the police at the time.—
Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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State Senate Democratic Leader Sydney Batch blamed senate Republicans for failing to pass higher raises for teachers.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2026
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Ackman blamed its poor share price performance partly on the delay of UMG’s listing in the United States.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
7 Apr. 2026
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The referee also faulted Adam Cohen for blocking the sale of his father’s archive, which includes 200 notebooks, as well as paintings, hats, instruments and other ephemera, and which was appraised at one point at $48 million.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
3 Apr. 2026
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The safety board faulted Atmos for not doing more to identify threats posed by expansive soils, noting regulators had been warning about the issue since 2008 and that the NTSB identified expansive soils as a factor in a 2018 Atmos explosion in Dallas that killed one and injured four.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Later, some passengers were forced to get off buses as protesters denounced the government’s fuel price increase.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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During his first Palm Sunday address, the pontiff denounced those who use God to justify war and urged prayers for peace, particularly for those suffering in the Middle East.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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The president has been condemned for his remarks about Iran and Islam by groups that include the Council on American-Islamic Relations, who called them inflammatory.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Apr. 2026
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Protect Martindale-Brightwood, one of the neighborhood groups against the data center, on Monday condemned the act of violence at Gibson's home and denied any involvement.—
Kiki Intarasuwan,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Viktoria Koskenoja, an emergency medicine physician, knocked on the door then greeted her warmly, pulling up a stool across from her.—
Kate Wells,
NPR,
8 Apr. 2026
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With Carolina winning the puck battles down low, Jordan Martinook knocked the puck off Geekie’s stick, fed William Carrier for a goal on which the B’s needed a stop.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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