criticize
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Billionaires like New York Knicks owner James L. Dolan reportedly use spying tech to harass people who criticize them.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Ms. Watson does criticize the AI models now available for offering digestible but sometimes off-the-mark answers to our various small-beer queries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Cubans who once feared government reprisals now criticize the country's leaders and have taken to banging pots and pans in regular nighttime protests.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Castle said that, while he might criticize some of the government agency’s numbers or methodologies, he believes in the importance of the USDA, saying it’s “still the envy of the world in this sector.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
“You remind me of my mother—criticize, criticize, criticize.”
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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“To a four-year-old, everything Mommy does is wonderful and anyone who criticizes Mommy is bad. Grown-up love means actually understanding what you love, taking the good with the bad and helping your loved one grow.”
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
Yet he still believes that he’s a man of the people who should be heeded on every aspect of life, especially on how to disregard all criticism because anyone who criticizes you must be wrong.
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2026
She criticizes helicopter parenting, decries remote work and tells women they should be willing to “piss people off” in order to be good leaders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
The strategy by McVay was so flawed, it was actually criticized by Tom Brady on Fox, and Brady rarely criticizes anybody.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2026
The writer criticizes “today’s youth” from head to toe, though without dismissing them all as “hopeless cases.”
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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The general audience doesn’t seem to care who’s announced as the host — unless it’s someone they’ve openly criticized.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
The name change was also criticized by Kim Cooper, who leads historical tours of Los Angeles with her company Esotouric and considers herself a preservationist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Analysts have questioned the company’s fashion choices and criticized it for departing from its core athletic gear.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Talwani, in a ruling last week, criticized the Postal Service for resuming work on the project.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Laura Friendly criticized every play by both teams.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
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Some fans viewed the collaboration cynically, criticizing it as a way for Beyoncé to capitalize on Selena’s legacy, or to court more Latino fans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
In the spring, the company made peace with its founder Chip Wilson, who had spent years criticizing the company and trying to overhaul the board via a proxy fight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Owens was criticizing the Black Lives Matter movement and highlighting the efforts of her organization, the Blexit Foundation.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Now Stanley Druckenmiller is criticizing the Treasury secretary.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
“Yes, good. There’s something very lazy about the way you have loved him blindly for so long without ever criticizing him. You’ve never even accepted that the man is ugly,” Kainene said.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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