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Recent Examples of unholy
At a time when antisemitism is rising at staggering levels across the United States — surfacing on college campuses, in public discourse, and across the political spectrum — many Jews are being asked to accept an impossible and unholy choice.
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Rabbi Tuvia Brander, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2026
The song evokes the chaos, tragedy, and soul of the Stewart clan like nothing else, the performance an unholy hybrid of rock, country, bluegrass, blues, and even psychedelia.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
Emily Brontë’s novel is a book that stains — its emotions seep through generations, its hatreds metastasize, its love transforms into something unholy and permanent.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 11 Feb. 2026
Islamists battled for their own theocratic nation, and bands of Christian cultists—whom locals, naming them according to their most notorious act, called chop-chop—severed the heads of those deemed unholy in villages and towns across Mindanao.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
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Rabbi Tuvia Brander, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2026
The song evokes the chaos, tragedy, and soul of the Stewart clan like nothing else, the performance an unholy hybrid of rock, country, bluegrass, blues, and even psychedelia.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
Emily Brontë’s novel is a book that stains — its emotions seep through generations, its hatreds metastasize, its love transforms into something unholy and permanent.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 11 Feb. 2026
Islamists battled for their own theocratic nation, and bands of Christian cultists—whom locals, naming them according to their most notorious act, called chop-chop—severed the heads of those deemed unholy in villages and towns across Mindanao.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unholy
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And would that really lower our appalling, outrageous, abominable electric bills?—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
1 Mar. 2026
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With a wild-card playoff berth secured, zero chance to win the AFC East title and the Jets among the most abominable teams of the 21st century, the Bills’ lineup was loaded with backups.—
Tim Graham,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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The one that slathers every bowl with ungodly amounts of cheese?—
Lucia Cheng,
Des Moines Register,
16 May 2026
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From the ungodly stuff leading to success, to setting a postseason record for appearances, to barking like a dog to fire up teammates, Varland is settling in.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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The film’s most odious villain is Orde Wingate (Robert Aramayo), a British Army captain and Christian Zionist who leads the brutal crackdowns on Palestinian villages.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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These efforts may not spell the end of Iran’s odious, oppressive regime.—
Dennis Ross,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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Solstices are often associated with pagan religions and draw revelers of different faiths.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
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There’s more than a tinge of folk horror to this lingering mystery, which brings to mind the 1973 genre landmark The Wicker Man, in which a puritanical police officer travels to a remote island community that’s reverted to old pagan ways.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
15 June 2026
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Platner is loathsome in so many ways.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
3 June 2026
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Assayas’s aesthetic is too genteel to even imagine the specifics of loathsome doctrines.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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Many of their performances are blasphemous, and their work only displays hate and mockery of Catholics and the Christian faith.—
Jon Root OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2026
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This way of approaching the story would help make its portrait of Jesus all the more human, and, to some, all the more blasphemous.—
Isaac Butler,
New Yorker,
30 May 2026
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Get a room, this is disgusting!—
Daniela Avila,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
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And, to me, there’s nothing more disgusting than an airplane bathroom.—
Carita Rizzo,
Deadline,
16 June 2026
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My dad was raised Methodist and comes from a very devout Methodist family — I was baptized twice because both of them thought the other thing was heathen.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
14 Oct. 2025
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Some of my brethren and sis-tren (sis-tren?) in the heathen media tribe get all riled up if a player or coach won’t speak to them.—
Paul Daugherty,
Cincinnati.com,
30 May 2019
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“Unholy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unholy. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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