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Recent Examples of crucify
Church of the Holy Sepulchre In some traditions, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem is said to be the location where Jesus was crucified, buried and resurrected.
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Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Growing divide Why, then, did Pilate have Jesus crucified?
—Nathanael Andrade, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2025
Appoint a godly man who preaches Christ and Him crucified for our sins (Voddie Baucham?).
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
Carrier contends that early Christianity began as a purely visionary movement worshipping a celestial figure, an angelic being who took on human flesh to be crucified by Satan, buried, and reborn in the sky.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
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Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Growing divide Why, then, did Pilate have Jesus crucified?
—Nathanael Andrade, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2025
Appoint a godly man who preaches Christ and Him crucified for our sins (Voddie Baucham?).
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
Carrier contends that early Christianity began as a purely visionary movement worshipping a celestial figure, an angelic being who took on human flesh to be crucified by Satan, buried, and reborn in the sky.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crucify
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The end of the parole program is part of Trump’s crackdown on legal immigration paths that allow people to temporarily come to the U.S. Republicans also criticized the parole program as an overreach and abuse of executive presidential power.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
15 Apr. 2025
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Progressives are criticizing tariffs for boosting prices and triggering international chaos.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
14 Apr. 2025
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In one instance, Sharpe berated the woman while a gun was visible in the room, according to the suit.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2025
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Just weeks into his tenure, Vance stunned European leaders by using his speech at the Munich Security Conference to berate them over free speech and migration.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
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Summary Stop blaming the algorithm for slow LinkedIn growth.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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And even in his case, Hunt has done his best work at guard and didn’t become the solution at tackle that some envisioned (for reasons for which he shouldn’t be blamed).—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
25 Apr. 2025
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The White House was reprimanded: A federal judge scolded the Trump administration for failing to try to return the man.—
Cate Martel,
The Hill,
16 Apr. 2025
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In Congress, Trump’s Tariff Pullback Sparks Relief, Frustration, and Suspicion At the White House, press secretary Karoline Leavitt scolded reporters for not understanding the president’s plans.—
Time,
Time,
10 Apr. 2025
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His vast wealth also has its liabilities in a party where billionaires are more often excoriated than celebrated. 8.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
21 Apr. 2025
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McCarthy, an actress, model and talk show host, has been excoriated by the scientific community for her belief that vaccines caused her son to develop autism.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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The brief interview created a furious reaction online, with the likes of Dionne Warwick and Khloé Kardashian upbraiding the journalists for treating Babyface so disrespectfully.—
Abid Rahman,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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That starts with upbraiding Chapman’s would-be assassin, who’s still nursing injuries from being run over by a taxicab — this after handling three other agents quite capably.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2024
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If the robot, who frequently metamorphoses, gives shape to some form of justice, it’s flayed down to a name.—
Elisa Gonzalez,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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The upper fangs sank into Wyatt’s left cheek, just below his eye socket, the lower into his top lip and right nostril, flaying his face in four separate places.—
Malcolm Brooks Malcolm Hillgartner Krish Seenivasan Zak Mouton,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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One board member defended the district’s decision, while another faulted it.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
15 Apr. 2025
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Cohen faulted big law firms for not standing up to Trump as they would be expected to do for any of their clients.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Crucify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crucify. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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