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Recent Examples of crucify
Trump told the brief story behind the biblical holiday centered on Jesus Christ, who, according to Christian tradition, was crucified on a cross and then rose from the dead.
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Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 20 Apr. 2025
Pilate caves and decides to crucify Jesus, whom Christians believe rose from the dead three days later.
—Nathanael Andrade, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2025
Church of the Holy Sepulchre In some traditions, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem is said to be the location where Jesus was crucified, buried and resurrected.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Growing divide Why, then, did Pilate have Jesus crucified?
—Nathanael Andrade, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2025
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Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 20 Apr. 2025
Pilate caves and decides to crucify Jesus, whom Christians believe rose from the dead three days later.
—Nathanael Andrade, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2025
Church of the Holy Sepulchre In some traditions, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem is said to be the location where Jesus was crucified, buried and resurrected.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Growing divide Why, then, did Pilate have Jesus crucified?
—Nathanael Andrade, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crucify
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Harry and Meghan have been criticized for making money out of projects that criticized the royal family, including through the multiyear, multimillion dollar Netflix deal that the Harry & Meghan documentary was part of.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
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The document was quickly criticized for errors and citing studies that don’t exist, as first reported by NOTUS, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news site.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
3 June 2025
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As Carl berates the rookie about checking the other room, a gunman comes in firing, leaving all three men in a pool of blood.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
29 May 2025
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Medvedev, now a top security official, was responding to President Donald Trump's post on Truth Social berating his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, as Moscow continued to rain strikes down on its neighbor.—
Astha Rajvanshi,
NBC news,
28 May 2025
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India blamed Pakistan for the attack, an accusation rejected by Islamabad.—
Billy Stockwell,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
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Even the players and the manager blamed us, which of course was all nonsense.—
The Athletic FC Podcast,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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At another meeting in May 2024, Grippo scolded female employees for not working hard enough, although the team was high-performing and employees worked long hours, the lawsuit said.—
Suhauna Hussain,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2025
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In January at the annual World Economic Forum, President Donald Trump scolded Brian Moynihan, the CEO of Bank of America.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
3 June 2025
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On May 30, 2025, a Pennsylvania federal court refused NFL player agent Todd France’s request to vacate a December 2023 arbitration decision which ordered France to pay over $800,000 in damages to rival agent Jason Bernstein and which excoriated France for fraudulent conduct.—
Chris Deubert,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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This group certainly deserves to be excoriated; Tapper and Thompson marshal lots of evidence that Biden was even worse behind the scenes than in public, and those closest to the president tightly restricted access to him to obscure the problem.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
17 May 2025
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The brief interview created a furious reaction online, with the likes of Dionne Warwick and Khloé Kardashian upbraiding the journalists for treating Babyface so disrespectfully.—
Abid Rahman,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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That starts with upbraiding Chapman’s would-be assassin, who’s still nursing injuries from being run over by a taxicab — this after handling three other agents quite capably.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2024
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Separating fact from invention is difficult, but there have been rumors that there was more than one murderer, the killing was drug-related and — perhaps most disturbingly — that Driscoll was either dismembered or flayed alive.—
Alex Heigl,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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Clark, who wore a mischievous smile, flayed her arm once more for the dramatics before stepping on the court and finishing a defensive drill.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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In April, the group Artists for Chicago sent a letter to Johnson signed by more than 200 arts and culture workers further faulting Hedspeth’s leadership.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
31 May 2025
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Central sharpness is excellent at f/1.4, while the edges of the frame can’t be faulted either, which is incredible news for astrophotographers.—
James Abbott,
Space.com,
27 May 2025
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“Crucify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crucify. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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