decry

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Decorating their soldiers with colourful garlands, hundreds of Afghans rallied in border provinces to decry Pakistan killing civilians and to show support for their troops battling at the frontier.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

A scoop’s a scoop, a story’s a story, none can decry it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

The conglomerates will decry government overreach and point to their investments in content and job creation.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

In the morning, with the fog still hanging heavy over the empty streets blocking out the sun, the mayor and other elected officials came to decry the violence.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

However, all writers about them, from Romans to modern zookeepers, decry their irascible temper and their nasty habit of biting people.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond