brickbats
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That 2,700-page doorstop, the fruit of 750 “editor-years,” was greeted with brickbats on its appearance in 1961.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
Cassidy has been taking brickbats in recent months over his vote to confirm Kennedy as secretary of Health and Human Services in February.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025
But functioning democracies require people willing to enter public life and take with it the brickbats that follow.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2024
And two brickbats were awarded to carmaker BMW, one of those involving a partnership with Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
Eisenhower offered to reappoint him for a new term, but Strauss had grown weary of dodging brickbats in Washington.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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