damning
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The occasion for all this abuse is “Musk,” Gibney’s damning, nearly four-hour documentary about the trillionaire, which hits theaters in Los Angeles and New York Friday after causing a stir on the festival circuit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
She stoops to blackmail to force Nana to steal Ericka’s file from the headmistress’s office in the hope of unearthing some damning or disqualifying revelation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
When Kuenssberg asked him if he supported this monarchy, following the damning book he has just written, he said: "I do."
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Trade bible Variety called it a "lacerating portrait," while Deadline said the "damning" film had "thrashed" Musk as "petty, narcissistic, megalomaniacal, cruel."
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
But I was there to push back against the old and damning narrative about being a black urban kid in America, the one that foretold failure and then hastened its arrival.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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