recriminated

Definition of recriminatednext
past tense of recriminate
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Verb
  • As the officers deployed what Wahl described as an active shooter response at the mosque and at an adjacent school, more gunfire was reported blocks away, the chief said.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 19 May 2026
  • The death of the guard was first reported by the New York Times, citing the Ahmed Shabaik, the mosque’s chairman.
    James Powel, USA Today, 19 May 2026
Verb
  • Trump has blinked many times in the confrontation with Iran—ever since March 18, when Israel attacked the Pars gas field and Iran retaliated with a strike against Qatar’s most important natural-gas-production facility.
    Robert Kagan, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
  • Onka’s lawsuit alleged that city officials concealed information surrounding Dustman’s departure and retaliated against employees connected to the dispute.
    Ben Wheeler May 20, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2026
Verb
  • The politician wasn’t identified in the 2024 indictment, which also implicated politicians in both major political parties.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 May 2026
  • And the legislature’s shortcut implicated the very reasons that the procedure exists.
    Noah Feldman, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • The number of cases prosecuted rose by seventy-three per cent over the same period, from 1,030 to 1,782.
    Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Children prosecuted as adults reoffend at higher rates.
    Natasha Dartigue, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2026
Verb
  • Defenseman Logan Stanley was also out of the lineup because of an injury, and Sam Carrick tried to return too quickly from his injury.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • Stephen Colbert in 2016 tried to bring together a nation that was coming apart.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 May 2026
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“Recriminated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recriminated. Accessed 24 May. 2026.

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