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denounce

[dih-nauns] / dΙͺˈnaʊns /


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"From today, you will have to watch over your villages," Gombagui told around 100 local officials gathered in the village of Tibeita on a recent morning, urging them to "denounce" the prospectors and their accomplices.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Following the Banyuetan report, other state media rushed to denounce insider leaks and demand a crackdown—such as by strengthening censorship algorithms and issuing stern punishments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

The work doesn’t simply denounce a racist caricature; it changes the terms of its power, restoring the figure’s agency and turning her into a self-emancipating revolutionary.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

It invited comparisons with Enoch Powell’s infamous “rivers of blood” speech, and went down so badly that he had to publicly denounce his own words some time later.

From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026

So it is that now I denounce and defend, or feel prepared to defend.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

Perhaps he should review the lesson of “Four O’Clock,” a third-season episode of “The Twilight Zone” in which a political fanatic denounces people he considers evil and suffers a comeuppance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

It denounces the judge’s “attempts to strip RIH of its ability to participate in these proceedings, and, by extension, to sever this court from the party whose rights are directly at stake.”

From Slate ● May 19, 2026

The government denounces attempts to "discredit" Smart Sampa, boasting the city had seen a nearly 15 percent drop in robberies in 2025.

From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026

Even Puerto Ricans who don't share the singer's background feel proud of how his music denounces our struggles while symbolising our culture and identity.

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026

Indeed, one of the books found in the bus with his remains was a collection of stories that included Tolstoy’s "The Kreutzer Sonata,” in which the nobleman-turned-ascetic denounces "the demands of the flesh.”

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

In a 1926 speech, Roosevelt denounced Mellon and quipped that “Coolidge would like to have God on his side but must have Mellon.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

In a social media post, Macron denounced the violence and said that vandals and looters will be "prosecuted and punished".

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Bass denounced Raman’s remarks, saying it was “a lie” to portray Gates, who held his post from 1978 to 1992, as the gold standard for the city’s Latino residents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Al-Azhar, the Cairo-based institute of Sunni Islamic learning, also denounced the incident.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Newspapers inveighed against Milo with glaring headlines, and Congressmen denounced the atrocity in stentorian wrath and clamored for punishment.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

The hauliers' union Conftrasporto is now threatening a "national blockade", denouncing "the climate of tension created by the unbearable situation linked to the surge in energy prices".

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Times with a big picture of me, sort of denouncing me.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

A coalition of religious and interfaith groups led by Washington-based Indian American Muslim Council intends to protest Saturday’s event and has a van with video monitors plying Manhattan streets denouncing it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Her government is trying to sever the link between popular culture and the criminal underworld, denouncing narcocorridos, songs which glorify criminals, as well as tackling crime head on.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

During his life, Thomas Jefferson had written angry words denouncing the slave trade.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis


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