damning
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Animal owners retaliate with damning reviews of vet practices, fully naming the clinic but not themselves, sometimes over a perceived slight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 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
Citing what it describes as "damning findings" within the report, the paper says "youngsters in Blackpool, for example, are 27 times more likely to miss school than those in Lambeth".
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
As far as Moss could tell, Javier enjoyed him through text, but he was so afraid that he’d hear those damning words again: “I’m just not into you like that.”
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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