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The U.S. Senate voted to censure which senator by a vote of 67 to 22 in 1954?

censure

[sen-sher] / ˈsɛn ʃər /




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Prison bosses later faced formal censure proceedings after inmates and staff were exposed to dangerous levels of the naturally occurring radioactive gas.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

I don’t think anyone can, or should, draw a straight medical line from a Communist Party censure to a cancer diagnosis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Noem was the public face of that disapproval, strutting forward with arrogance in the face of public censure, a veritable clown show of ineptitude.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026

Fine has not appeared fearful of censure or any loss of his committee assignments.

From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2026

She ran through the kitchen, ignoring Mama’s and Cook’s yelps of surprise and shouted censure, grabbed the saltshaker off the prep table, and climbed the stairs, her short legs pumping hard up the grand staircase.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

In the statement announcing the removal of the former prince's titles, the Palace said: "These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him."

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026

It still demands collusion, censures dissent, confuses the exertion of power with the protest against it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2023

Government officials say the Gray report, which is being closely watched for the extent to which it censures Johnson and his Conservative government, will be published as soon as possible, though unlikely before next week.

From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2022

Gorsuch said that Congress has been censuring members since the 19th century and that “elected bodies in this country issued no fewer than 20 censures in August 2020 alone.”

From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2022

But the ignorance he censures is not of the understanding alone; nor is it curable by philosophy and science.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by G. G. Findlay

“The Devils,” directed by Ken Russell, was pilloried, censured and quickly forgotten after its release in 1971.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

It could also ask for him to be formally censured at a future council meeting.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026

The City Council formally censured Lopez in 2022, barred him from committee appointments and limited his interactions with city staff outside of meetings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2025

It’s infrequent that a judge is publicly or privately censured.

From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2025

“That’s your own fault,” Milo censured them both self- righteously.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Critics are censuring Mr. Warsh for turning his back on those goals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

In the USC Academic Senate’s vote, 21 members favored censuring the president and provost, seven opposed, and six abstained.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2024

But make no mistake about its significance: Parliament censuring a man who was prime minister as recently as September in the strongest possible terms.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2023

One of the groups, the Association of Art Museum Directors, also told the museum’s director, Jonathan Canning, that if the university proceeded with the sale, it would consider censuring and sanctioning the museum.

From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2023

The Russians were censuring his behavior in front of his friends and the world press.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady


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