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Recent Examples of hatchet job
Neither hagiography nor hatchet job, the movie casts an understanding eye on a once-infamous musical artist who weathered dizzying highs and devastating lows.
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Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
No amount of mainstream media hatchet jobs can disguise those optics.
—David Medina, Hartford Courant, 18 Nov. 2024
But the most shameless is Informer, a scandal sheet that features hatchet jobs and images of buxom women.
—Robert F. Worth, New York Times, 3 May 2023
Later, the scene is recut as a hatchet job on social media that leads to Tár’s downfall.
—Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023
In other words, the book is not a hatchet job.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 27 May 2021
Trump supporters say the potential prosecution is a politically motivated hatchet job disconnected from the law.
—Joseph Morton, Dallas News, 22 Mar. 2023
Rumor has it that someone is writing a book about her life, which will be a hatchet job.
—Lincee Ray, EW.com, 9 Nov. 2022
Rick Reilly’s hatchet job in Sports Illustrated, painting Bo as a coward, was merely the most infamous and casually vicious of the genre.
—al, 27 Oct. 2022
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
No amount of mainstream media hatchet jobs can disguise those optics.
—David Medina, Hartford Courant, 18 Nov. 2024
But the most shameless is Informer, a scandal sheet that features hatchet jobs and images of buxom women.
—Robert F. Worth, New York Times, 3 May 2023
Later, the scene is recut as a hatchet job on social media that leads to Tár’s downfall.
—Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023
In other words, the book is not a hatchet job.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 27 May 2021
Trump supporters say the potential prosecution is a politically motivated hatchet job disconnected from the law.
—Joseph Morton, Dallas News, 22 Mar. 2023
Rumor has it that someone is writing a book about her life, which will be a hatchet job.
—Lincee Ray, EW.com, 9 Nov. 2022
Rick Reilly’s hatchet job in Sports Illustrated, painting Bo as a coward, was merely the most infamous and casually vicious of the genre.
—al, 27 Oct. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatchet job
Noun
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But the transportation secretary on Sunday also repeatedly echoed Trump and his top allies' criticism of DEI efforts in the immediate aftermath of the DC-area collision.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA TODAY,
2 Feb. 2025
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While Pacheco and many in the Venezuelan community have appreciated the U.S. government’s criticism of Nicolás Maduro, she is disillusioned with Trump’s announcement that the Maduro regime has agreed to take back undocumented Venezuelan immigrants.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
1 Feb. 2025
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The 90 Palestinian detainees and prisoners who were freed Sunday were women and minors, but upcoming releases of some 1,900 more are expected to include adult men who carried out deadly attacks on Israeli civilians.—
Tracy Wilkinson,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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The three women lived in the home on King Road with two other women who went physically unharmed in the early-morning attack, and Chapin was Kernodle’s boyfriend and stayed over for the night.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
24 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, at the Poston camp in Arizona, Ted Haas actively resisted, leading the staff in a denunciation of the fence that halted its construction.—
Eric Muller,
The Mercury News,
26 Jan. 2025
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Some causes included an end to the Vietnam War; nuclear disarmament; women’s equality; pro-life movement; gay/lesbian rights; freedom for Soviet Jews; fighting against AIDS; the MeToo movement; and support for Israel/denunciation of antisemitism.—
Paul L. Newman,
New York Daily News,
20 Jan. 2025
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The censure hasn’t stopped Turner from seeking the mayoral post.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Jan. 2025
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The day after the fighter’s death, Trump dismissed the censure.—
Mikal Gilmore,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2025
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This bill defines providing gender affirming care to persons under 16 as child abuse.—
Trans Formations Project,
Them,
24 Jan. 2025
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Virginia Lujan of Tempe was taken into custody by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office on felony child abuse charges related to her 13-year-old granddaughter’s death, PEOPLE has confirmed.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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Last fall, Judge Laura Taylor Swain found the city in contempt of a range of court orders and directed the parties to file proposals for an independent receiver.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2025
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Mueller’s predecessor, Pritzker appointee Marc Smith, was held in contempt of court a number of times for violating court orders by failing to find children appropriate placements in a timely manner, though all or most of those orders were later vacated.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jan. 2025
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More News: Wrestling Icon Sting Reveals Final Appearances for Classic Persona In a candid conversation with McAfee, McMahon opened up about her time as an on-screen character in WWE, reflecting on her love for playing the villain and her disdain for being a babyface.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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Anger at elites Why, then, is disdain for scientific experts appealing to so many Americans?—
Dominik Stecuła,
The Conversation,
29 Jan. 2025
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Squabbling coaches — Tindall had put his fingers to his lips to hush Unai Emery after Duran’s departure, earning invective in response — added to the sense of renaissance.—
George Caulkin,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024
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Police officers have been injured, spit on and had objects hurled at them, the same invective screamed at them as the insurrectionists screamed at the Capitol Police on Jan. 6.—
Jeff Robbins,
Boston Herald,
10 June 2024
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“Hatchet job.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatchet%20job. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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