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But amid the ruins near the turquoise waters of the Caribbean coast, the effort is colliding with ordinary Venezuelans who revile their government.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Published this month by the University of Georgia Press, Thurmond’s book makes a case that Oglethorpe evolved to revile slavery and, unlike most white Europeans of his time, saw the humanity in enslaved Africans.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024

Her life of looking closely at those we would rather revile or ignore has earned her attention in return.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2023

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely,

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2023

Don’t we have a cheerful, simple morality here in Western Civilization: expect perfection, and revile the missed mark!

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, a fellow New York Republican who reviles Santos, introduced a bill this year aimed at foreclosing just that possibility.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 2023

It’s human nature to bristle at the side that reviles you.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 17, 2021

To his credit, Wolff is astute and a little shamefaced when analysing the complicity between Trump and the journalists whom he officially reviles.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 1, 2020

“When the film finds a global audience, it might feel very real if you live in a community that reviles love that doesn’t occur between two heterosexuals,” Mantello says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2020

"He has no coin and the only knight who follows him reviles him as less than a snake. The Dothraki make mock of his weakness. He will never take us home."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Along the way, Pike was reviled for the crime she committed.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

Mr. Craighead was raised by a distracted mother and a reviled stepfather.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The CJP quickly gained a huge following online, turning one of the most reviled insects into a symbol of defiance and resilience with 26 million followers on Instagram.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

Take Halle Berry, one of the more famous examples of the post-Oscar slump, winning best actress in 2001 for “Monster’s Ball” before starring in the critically reviled bomb that was 2004’s standalone “Catwoman” film.

From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2026

They didn't need any encouraging—they had a reviled demon in their sights.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

While the original XFL made a show of reviling the stodgy NFL, this iteration embraces its status as an aspirant upstart.

From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2020

Caliphate intellectuals are united in reviling the Islamic State, but beyond that, their projections of the future vary widely.

From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2018

Which is to say that he can never escape that St. Louis comic or that reviling mother or Aunt Fritzi or “Haim Afen Range” or, for that matter, Joel Katz.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2016

Their purpose in reviling Grass as a Nazi and anti-Semite is precisely to silence anyone who might even consider following his lead.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2012

Sober argument you may answer, but indecent reviling you cannot, and therefore the law steps in and punishes it.

From The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy by George Jacob Holyoake