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But upon His latest rebuke, she knew she had to prove the importance of her work once and for all.
Hollywood would hate her, because her freshness is a sharp rebuke to every false starlet in Tinseltown.
But, how can you watch this movie and not reflect that the artful dialog was a subtle and oh so daring rebuke to the authorities "in control" in what was then the USSR at that moment in history?
All in all is a perfect rebuke to the hypocrisy of the so-called Justice.
His life is reduced to the confines of a spare room, existence an unending rebuke.
And now, as he prepares to leave office, his approval rating stands as a powerful rebuke to the Republicans, who have tried to block him at every turn for the last eight years.
The report thus stands as a rebuke to Bush’s entire “axis of evil” philosophy.
Unsurprisingly, China’s pampered leadership now acts as if the country actually is exceptional and can get away with polluting outer space without rebuke.
After a policeman died, live ammunition was fired into the crowds – killing a journalist, Bwizamani Singh, and provoking a rebuke from Reporters without Borders.
The Pakistani public demanded a quick, decisive rebuke of Britain from the country’s leadership.
The Rise of German IsolationismBERLIN – In Germany’s recent regional elections, voters delivered a resounding rebuke to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party, the Christian Democratic Union.
Whatever his motives, Netanyahu has achieved what no Israeli leader ever has: not only infuriating the US president (who was already quite angry with him), but also earning the public rebuke of people who would normally have supported any Israeli leader, whatever they might have thought in private.
For the system of official atheism and legalized mendacity, the Church was a living rebuke.
Meanwhile, the renowned Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland issued a strong rebuke against liberal media outlets that would attribute Piotr’s protest to mental illness.
Honesty is the Best Policy in RussiaCAMBRIDGE: If opinion polls are right, Russia's people are poised to deliver Russia's government a stinging rebuke in December's Duma elections.
Populists everywhere are no doubt celebrating the outcome as another clear rebuke to self-interested elites who have “rigged” their governments against the people.
For now, the important point is that the election’s unexpectedly strong rebuke to Netanyahu means that they can be asked.
The BJP’s record in government – flagrant financial malfeasance, a procession of Chief Ministers, charges of nepotism and crony capitalism, real-estate and mining scandals, policy paralysis, and a free rein to Hindu-chauvinist groups (who attacked pubs, assaulted girls for “indecency,” and disrupted Valentine’s Day) – elicited a decisive rebuke from the electorate.
That the Communist party leader Gennady Zyuganov didn't rebuke Makashov right away, and that the Duma voted against depriving the general of his parliamentary immunity and special rights (it did, however, pass a resolution against stirring up ethnic conflicts, mentioning Makashov by name) probably reflects mental inertia rather than outright support.
Liu’s prize is a rebuke to the regime, because it rejects the dogma that nothing but the pursuit of economic interest matters.
The self-immolations are a stark rebuke to the Chinese government’s claims that the lives of many in Tibet have been improving.
While Austrian voters rejected the possibility of the European Union getting its first far-right head of state, Italians delivered a stinging rebuke to their government – and opened the way for populist forces to come to power.
While both claim to speak for “the people” against “the elites,” the leftist AMLO was elected partly as a rebuke to Trump, whereas Bolsonaro embraces a Trump-like brand of right-wing nationalism, and enjoys the support of many Brazilian elites.
Far from being seen as a rebuke of the IPCC, the IAC report must be used by governments in Busan to strengthen and improve this crucially important organization.
That rebuke is being applied to perhaps Europe’s most successful economy, for Ireland has the EU’s second highest budget surplus, its second lowest level of public debt, and by far the highest growth in the 1990's of countries in the Monetary Union.
Dani Rodrik of Harvard University issued a pointed rebuke to those who assume that today’s populism can be addressed simply with better social programs, rather than with a more comprehensive revision of the rules of globalization itself.
Next month, Ukraine’s citizens will freely choose a new president – the best rebuke possible to Russian propaganda about our supposed failure to uphold democracy.
The protests were also intended to be a broader rebuke of Macron, whom many blame for their declining spending power.
Gbagbo’s refusal to accept defeat has met with a remarkable international rebuke.
Moreover, despite Wen’s rebuke of critics of China’s human rights record, here, too, the message might finally be getting through.
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