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Recent Examples of unholy
But instead of provocatively pursuing that unholy bond, the director only finds chum.
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Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
Meanwhile, a city in New Jersey is considering another unholy use of eminent domain, except here it is directed squarely at a church.
—Andrew Wimer, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
That’s why, when many others see the Rockies and their 7-34 record as the majors’ unholy mess, Schaeffer has a far different take.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 13 May 2025
Together, these unholy alliances change rules, fire bureaucrats, silence critics, and then eat up the country’s resources.
—Elizabeth David-Barrett, Foreign Affairs, 4 Apr. 2025
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Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
Meanwhile, a city in New Jersey is considering another unholy use of eminent domain, except here it is directed squarely at a church.
—Andrew Wimer, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
That’s why, when many others see the Rockies and their 7-34 record as the majors’ unholy mess, Schaeffer has a far different take.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 13 May 2025
Together, these unholy alliances change rules, fire bureaucrats, silence critics, and then eat up the country’s resources.
—Elizabeth David-Barrett, Foreign Affairs, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unholy
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The murder of 1,200 people, including 36 children, in a surprise attack by a terrorist group was an abominable crime.—
Alia Brahimi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 July 2025
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So what better time for the abominable long-drive drill?—
Samuel McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
28 July 2025
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There are several other unfortunate factors in this ungodly situation.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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In the height of World War II, Johann Schmidt uncovers a weapon called the Tesseract and is keen on unlocking its ungodly powers.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
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The notoriously polluted and odious waterway had been off-limits since 1923.—
Kinsey Gidick,
AFAR Media,
15 July 2025
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The central players are miserable or odious, but even so, we’re meant to want this life because look at the glorious trappings!—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2025
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This attempt to turn back the clock included the purging of Christian texts from schools, the conversion of Christian churches into pagan temples, and religious persecution as it had been practiced in centuries past.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
22 Feb. 2025
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Over time, my conquistadors retired, and my pagan temples got demolished to make way for grocery stores.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2025
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And Trump’s targeting of college campuses for being havens of antisemitism has caused a backlash from liberals who might despise that strain of hatred, but find Trump equally as loathsome.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
23 June 2025
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Covino on the other hand plays Paul with a dash of loathsome rich guy energy, that feels like the polar opposite of Carey’s mild nature.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
19 May 2025
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While paella has traveled far beyond Spain’s borders—often in versions that are blasphemous to the locals—this region is its ancestral home.—
Sofia Perez,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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In Europe, the painting was received as a blasphemous shock.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
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Kruse and her co-conspirators are now on their fourth different set of lawyers in this dispute, and this is a disgusting publicity stunt by new counsel, as evidenced by the fact that the complaint and press release were sent to the press before the complaint was served.—
Michaela Zee,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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The series sets the various human and humanoid segments of its cast on a direct course with the distinctly inhuman alien flora and fauna on the ship – there are some inventive little monsters aboard, disgusting and harrowing in their own special ways – to great effect.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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The Cincinnati Bengals welcome the media heathen universe for a gab session/sitdown, linen-tablecloth lunch known in This Space as The Mock Turtle Soupfest and Weenie Roast.—
Paul Daugherty,
Cincinnati.com,
28 May 2019
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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 22 Aug. 2025.
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