inquisition
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Writing in Spanish daily publication El Mundo in 2024, Shakira, 49, compared the tax office investigations into her affairs to an "inquisition trial".
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Tuttle’s fearless inquisition won’t insult your intelligence, ask your mercy or hogtie your feelings.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
England will face an inquisition when they get home with coach Brendon McCullum's job in the spotlight.
From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026
Every inquisition into exactly who’s to blame for this unmitigated disaster has to begin by looking in the mirror.
From Salon • Jan. 21, 2025
Francis Bacon, when he writes about experiments, uses the phrases ‘the inquisition of nature’ and ‘nature vexed’.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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