scathe
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I suggest an ibid of historians, a ponder of scientists, a scathe of bureaucrats.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It does not fear satire or scathe From Minos, though knowing and nobby, And certainly won't pin its faith, To the Bench's pet fetish, the Bobby.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, July 16, 1887 by Various
Out of the night Crying to fright The earth he swoops to spoil— There is furious scathe in the whirl of his wrath, In his path There is misery and moil.
From Song-Surf by Cale Young Rice
Then stood up Gudbrand of the Dales and spake: 'Much scathe have we gotten now in our god; but, as he cannot help himself, we will now believe in the God in whom thou believest.'
From The Red True Story Book by H. J. (Henry Justice) Ford
“Ah, blessed are the people who Shall Ráma and his Sítá view, And Lakshmaṇ of the mighty arm, Returning free from scathe and harm.”
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
Trilith Studios, one of the largest production facilities in North America, has been scathed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
"In the race to the bottom, France and Germany are leading the way in the September PMIs. Meanwhile, Spain and Italy are pulling through somewhat less scathed."
From Reuters ● Oct. 2, 2023
Exiting from the pandemic, the assumption might be that Noel’s students should be among the least scathed.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
Even the industries where you’d expect to see significant job losses look barely scathed.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2023
And there were others its touch had scathed.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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Shortly before the family’s July picnic, two of the heirs sent a scathing seven-page letter to more than 130 of their relatives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
The video, set to pulsing music, delivering a scathing critique of the system that he once tried to reform.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Wilson -- behind an acclaimed translation which Nolan has praised -- generated headlines this week after penning a scathing critique of his screenplay.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
But when the court was closely split in major cases, Kennedy was likely to be in majority while Scalia wrote scathing and increasingly personal dissents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
They set up a toll-free hot line so that Cuban exiles could call in and choose from three scathing messages to send directly to the National Palace, demanding El Li'der’s resignation.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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