damning
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When Manchester City was found guilty in September of breaching Premier League financial rules, the damning and unprecedented verdict left the football world reeling.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
It would be easy to dismiss Nelson as selfish, or, at the worst and most damning, a bad parent.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
“That has yielded a damning record,” Annie Lai, director of the Immigrant and Racial Justice Solidarity Clinic at the UC Irvine School of Law, argued during the September hearing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
First, and most damning: We don’t believe children.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
Until for the first time since she died, Mom materializes and is standing before me, her hair a blaze of black fire, her eyes damning me.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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