RECRIMINATING Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

recriminating

verb

present participle of recriminate

as in retaliating

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The police union, meanwhile, is accusing Suarez of calling in favors and then retaliating.

— Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026
When Iran launched a barrage of missiles and drones at Israel in April 2024, Israel highlighted its success at defending its territory before retaliating with precision strikes against Iranian military targets.

— Erik Lin-Greenberg, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2026

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ChatGPT was by far the most popular AI chatbot in the survey, with more than half of those teens reporting having used it.

— Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
The northwest part of the state has seen the most bear encounters in the first seven and a half months of this year, with CPW reporting a total of 2,258 sightings and incidents.

— Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 17 Aug. 2026

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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office, which is prosecuting the state case, will have a chance to respond to the defense's double jeopardy motion before Carro rules.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Jane Rosenberg | Reuters A spokeswoman for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, whose office is prosecuting Mangione in state court, said in a statement the office would fight the effort to dismiss the case.

— Dan Mangan, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026

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FanDuel, as of Thursday, had the United States as a minus-165 favorite, implicating about a 62% probability of victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina.

— Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026
Writer-director Pascal Plante skillfully enhances the themes of his film with a cold, unsettling atmosphere, often implicating us as voyeurs with our own fixation on the dark side of humanity.

— Eric Farwell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026

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Your children therefore may not understand the scope of the difference between trying a swimsuit on a figure that looks like them online and not wearing clothes at all, according to Steel.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
Now, Ramirez and Chang are trying to bring the same sense of connection to their own classrooms.

— Melissa May, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

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