brickbat
Example Sentences
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Cassidy has been taking brickbats in recent months over his vote to confirm Kennedy as secretary of Health and Human Services in February.
From Los Angeles Times
Unlike a signed bill or a freshly inked executive order, there's rarely one name at which observers can launch their hosannas and brickbats.
From Salon
But functioning democracies require people willing to enter public life and take with it the brickbats that follow.
From BBC
Roos also expressed admiration: “Every day people around him were throwing brickbats at him, saying: “Why are you doing this?
From Los Angeles Times
We can become cynical or angry and just throw brickbats.
From Seattle Times
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