pillory

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Recent Examples of pillory The big picture: That's the playbook that Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell and the Fed used when President-elect Trump was last president and regularly pilloried the central bank for pushing interest rates too high. Neil Irwin, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024 Now, 31 years later, the pendulum has shifted back the other way, where artists are pilloried for making work that doesn’t broadcast their identities loud enough. Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024 Trump, who pilloried several parts of Harris’ record, was referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency in charge of detaining and deporting immigrants who are illegally in the United States. Amy Sherman, Austin American-Statesman, 31 July 2024 Speakers also pilloried Zhao for failing to adequately support the People’s Liberation Army, even though military affairs had been under Deng’s control. Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs, 30 May 2019 See all Example Sentences for pillory 
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  • President Trump questions if DEI policies are to blame In the immediate aftermath of the crash, President Trump said he had been briefed on the incident and offered his condolences.
    Ayana Archie, NPR, 31 Jan. 2025
  • But his remarks quickly became a diatribe against diversity hiring and his allegation — so far without evidence — that lowered standards were to blame for the crash.
    Adriana Gomez Licon, Twin Cities, 31 Jan. 2025
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  • Some have criticized general manager Nico Harrison for giving up one of the NBA’s best players in his prime without fielding multiple offers.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Amid signs vowing to fight the deportation of immigrants and criticizing the policies of President Donald Trump at a rally was one held by a young man putting the effort on a highly personal level.
    Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
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  • The Anti-Defamation League is scolding Elon Musk after coming to the billionaire titan’s defense earlier in the week.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Those opinions are usually punctuated by scolding those who do not immediately comply.
    Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2025
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  • The high point for those movements had come in 1896, when an orator named William Jennings Bryan gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention condemning the gold standard for setting the value of the currency.
    Ron Elving, NPR, 1 Feb. 2025
  • In a joint statement, both lawmakers condemned the event and called on the university to intervene.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025

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“Pillory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pillory. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.

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