excoriation
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Activist investor Nelson Peltz’s excoriation of Iger’s decision to load up on content for the streaming wars by buying Rupert Murdoch’s TV and movie studios and other entertainment assets has touched off a spirited debate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
Ramogi Huma, a former college football player, had been at a Justice Department lectern for eight seconds when he began an excoriation of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2021
Writing in the November 22 issue of NME, Charles Shaar Murray continued the excoriation: "Lennon and Ono appear on the cover clamped in a passionate embrace," Murray writes.
From Salon ● Dec. 12, 2020
It echoed a similar excoriation by Michelle Obama, the former first lady, two days earlier.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2020
But if they gave him 130 or fewer pounds, they risked the ire of rival horsemen and the excoriation of journalists.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
Vocabulary lists containing excoriation
Seabiscuit
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The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation (Volume 2)
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"The Candle and the Flame" by Nafiza Azad, Chapters 17–27
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