inquisition
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LONDON—The death of a former University of Cambridge professor has triggered a moment of introspection about whether he was the victim of a racially charged public inquisition or a system designed to promote diversity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
As the Spurs supporters poured into their favourite watering holes and haunts around the stadium, the inquisition, and plotting for the future, should have already begun inside.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
England will face an inquisition when they get home with coach Brendon McCullum's job in the spotlight.
From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026
In March 2020, COVID-19 caused the indefinite postponement of the state’s second inquisition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2025
Miss Annie had immediately started an inquisition about that as soon as it had appeared, screaming questions through her shutters.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
No, but this buoyant comedy-drama combines all of his storytelling talents: the ensemble world-building of “Boogie Nights,” the shambolic misadventures of “Inherent Vice,” the domestic inquisitions of “Magnolia” and the probing psychology of “The Master.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
The Council of Swedish Jewish Communities deplored the police decision to allow the protest, saying, “our tragic European history links the burning of Jewish books with pogroms, expulsions, inquisitions and the Holocaust.”
From Washington Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
It contained uncanny, elevated descriptions of sound and performance, offered grounded philosophical inquisitions and sprinkled in wink-nudge personal asides.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2021
Stop the reproduction inquisitions during wine nights and happy hours.
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2021
Unfortunately, nothing would have survived from such an encounter except, at best, a few fossilised bones and a handful of stone tools that remain mute under the most intense scholarly inquisitions.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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