brickbats
Example Sentences
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Among the brickbats was carmakers’ dropping of Apple CarPlay, in favor of their own operating systems and connected services.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
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
Musk’s approach earned brickbats from people who think seriously, not whimsically, about the social and economic implications of concentrated wealth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2021
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
