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Recent Examples of apostatize
In one of the more powerful sequences, three older men are hung from crosses positioned deep in the ocean’s waters — the thrashing waves killing them slowly for their refusal to apostatize.
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Lindsey Bahr, Orange County Register, 6 Jan. 2017
The conundrum is one that has nothing to do with Rodrigues’ decision whether to lay down his life, but with his reluctance to apostatize, even in the face of others’ deaths.
—Michael O'Sullivan, The Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2017
Savannah's mom left the church in 2015, when leaked official documents confirmed their policy of apostatizing same-sex couples.
—Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 20 June 2017
Lindsey Bahr, Orange County Register, 6 Jan. 2017
The conundrum is one that has nothing to do with Rodrigues’ decision whether to lay down his life, but with his reluctance to apostatize, even in the face of others’ deaths.
—Michael O'Sullivan, The Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2017
Savannah's mom left the church in 2015, when leaked official documents confirmed their policy of apostatizing same-sex couples.
—Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 20 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apostatize
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Sausage-makers do not always renounce the consumption of sausage.Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
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These newspapers did not renounce endorsements in non-presidential races that equally betray partisan bias.Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 6 Nov. 2024
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And kudos to Tyler for never forsaking his outsider status for the sake of mainstream exposure, or capitulating to any hip-hop trends over the past decade.Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
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Therein lies the other critical element of the equation: a lack of pretense and fuss which does not forsake sophistication.Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2024
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Four years after it was handed down, Congress enacted the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, which repudiated Geduldig in the workplace and forbade employers from discriminating on the basis of pregnancy.Ian Millhiser, Vox, 15 Nov. 2024
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Even Georgia’s own President, a largely titular post, has repudiated the election.Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Israel, like the United States, is not a member of the ICC and has challenged the court’s jurisdiction over its actions in the conflict – a challenge the court rejected on Thursday.Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
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However, the judge rejected James’ claim in the lawsuit that alleged SiriusXM had engaged in fraud and deception by misleading subscribers seeking to cancel their accounts.Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
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Heller long dreamed of reviving it, but ambitions for a European Luna Luna tour, or for the city of Vienna to buy the project, were soon abandoned.Ian Malone, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
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Ashworth, 92, grew up in poverty, mostly in South Austin and East Austin during the 1930s and '40s, after his mysterious father abandoned the family.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
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The risk of abdicating your leadership responsibility to the IT team is only the future of your company.Lisa Hale, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Years before, Grand Duke Jean inherited the throne when his mother, Grand Duchess Charlotte, abdicated in 1964.Janine Henni, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024
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Virdee stars Staz Nair as a Bradford cop hunting down a serial killer, as his own life is in chaos after he is disowned by his family for crossing the religious divide when marrying his wife.Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2024
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But Drake’s mentions of Future — who joined the Toronto rapper on 2015’s What a Time to Be Alive before, confusingly, seeming to disown it — are curiously limp.Paul Thompson, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2024
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The attempt to reduce the federal workforce is a push against on remote work—especially if government workers quit as a result of the initiative.Chris Westfall, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway was the last album that Genesis recorded before Peter Gabriel quit the band to launch a solo career.Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Apostatize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apostatize. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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