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condemnation

[kon-dem-nay-shuhn, -duhm-] / ˌkɒn dɛmˈneɪ ʃən, -dəm- /


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Clay Rikard, senior vice president of system planning at Southern, said the company has a more than 99% voluntary-agreement rate with landowners and rarely resorts to condemnation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

"Do not be ambiguous about this," she said on X, explaining that condemnation must be "unanimous" because "any hesitation becomes justification".

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Their deaths sparked an outpouring of grief and condemnation in Australia and the United States.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

The comments drew swift condemnation from California leaders, even as the White House communications director, Steven Cheung, insisted the president’s remarks had been taken out of context.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

No thundering from a pulpit, no condemnation from bad churches, no peer pressure, just a book of scripture quietly waiting to say hello, as gentle and powerful as a little girl’s kiss on your cheek.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

Both men survived the attacks, which drew condemnations from the city's Jewish and Asian American leaders.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

It is time for strong, unequivocal and universal condemnations of the shooter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

But the 70-year-old pontiff has been cautious in his statements since the US-Israeli strikes on Iran that started the war on February 28, refraining from naming any party in his condemnations and appeals for peace.

From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was “gravely concerned” over the repeated targeting of journalists in Gaza; Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Reporters Without Borders and other groups also issued condemnations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2025

He had a careless habit of confusing condemnations with executions that makes us suspect that in this estimate he may have been thinking rather of the number of convictions than of the hangings.

From A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 by Wallace Notestein


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