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crucify

[kroo-suh-fahy] / ˈkru səˌfaɪ /




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Widower Reg Harris, 85, said giving up driving would "absolutely crucify" his lifestyle.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2025

She added that she felt like “everybody’s trying to crucify me” for her relationship with Combs and that she needed to “take a break and focus on what’s important” when the allegations came down.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2024

And to explain his reasoning, Biden used this phrase: “Never crucify yourself on a small cross.”

From Slate May 24, 2021

“We’re behind him 100 percent. Y’all be trying to crucify him and that ain’t right,” Leary said.

From Seattle Times Sep. 18, 2019

“He does even worse things than crucify people,” Oscar tells us one time.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

I was born for the purpose that crucifies your mind,

From New York Times Apr. 28, 2023

James Glickson New York City It is sacrificial slaughter when society crucifies its best leaders on a cross of impossibly high standards.

From Time Magazine Archive

He crucifies the natural life with Christ, and creates the new man in Christ Jesus.

From Days of Heaven Upon Earth by A. B. (Albert B.) Simpson

That is why the world always crucifies its Christs.

From A Dominie in Doubt by Alexander Sutherland Neill

"Whosoever receiveth you receiveth Me," and it follows that whosoever crucifies you crucifies Me.

From The Great Discovery by Norman Maclean

Even the thief crucified alongside him, in the final minutes of his life, with nothing to offer and everything to repent, received the same promise: today you will be with me in paradise.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

Israeli security forces imposed restrictions on access to the Holy Sepulchre in annexed east Jerusalem, where Christians believe Jesus Christ was crucified, buried and rose from the dead.

From Barron's Apr. 5, 2026

“Madame Web” underperformed in the theaters because the press just crucified it.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 26, 2024

It marks the discovery of the cross Jesus was crucified on, according to Ethiopian Orthodox Christian tradition.

From BBC Sep. 27, 2024

I liked the stained glass in the sanctuary, even though crucified Jesus was really bloody, too bloody for stained glass, I thought, all those red and magenta pieces filtering sunlight.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth

“It was the most crucifying pain,” Mr. Nadery recalled.

From New York Times Dec. 24, 2021

“The open/close strategy is crucifying businesses,” Michael Kill, chief executive of the Night Time Industries Association.

From Washington Times Dec. 21, 2021

“Instead of out-casting and almost crucifying a personality, you say: ‘Okay, this guy is different, let’s act a certain way, let’s not treat him like a Roger Federer or like a Marin Cilic.

From Washington Post Aug. 2, 2021

"To young people just starting a career, it's crucifying."

From BBC Jun. 28, 2021

The letter to the editor crucifying her husband had hurt her terribly.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger




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