recriminates

verb

present tense third-person singular of recriminate
as in informs (against)

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  1. reports
  2. retaliates
  3. implicates
  4. books
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  • They are accused of encouraging dissent against the regime and were convicted of broad charges of corruption, CNN’s Isobel Yeung reports.
    — Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • Dominant streaming platform Netflix reports earnings after the bell on Thursday, and analysts are sounding hard-pressed to find a meaningful driver for the stock.
    — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 15 July 2026
Definition of reports
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  • The guards warned their response would expand to other American bases in the region if the US retaliates.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 9 July 2026
  • Israel retaliates, leading to an invasion that will occupy large swaths of southern Lebanon.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
Definition of retaliates
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  • There is no evidence that implicates them in any way.
    — Jeff Capellini, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Now, because of his imprudent and inaccurate sloganeering, even with a majority of his appointees sitting on the board, the mayor faces the prospect of a legal and political fiasco that implicates the honesty of his most prominent promise to his constituents.
    — Christian Browne, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
Definition of implicates
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  • Olive answers many of the 55-year-old’s texts and emails, books him spontaneous travel (three trips to London so far this year), buys him groceries, and places meetings on his calendar—often without ever consulting him.
    — Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 14 July 2026
  • If an agent books the wrong trip, buys counterfeit goods, renews the wrong subscription, or sends money to a fraudulent service provider, the defining question will not be whether the system worked as designed.
    — Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
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