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- noun Plural form of
pillory . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
pillory .
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Examples
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Because Quakers were barred by their religion from using violence, their schools in Pennsylvania instead disciplined students by locking their necks and hands in pillories, shackling their legs, or hanging them in sacks.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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And while conventional wisdom pillories Obama for pushing health care or financial regulatory reform rather than spending every waking hour focusing obsessively on jobs, it's not clear that would have made much of a difference.
Will Marshall: Economy is the Problem, Not Obama Will Marshall 2010
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Colonial Virginia miscreants were locked into pillories in the town square for the purpose of humiliation.
Claude Ohanesian: A Reality Check on Deadbeat Dads Claude Ohanesian 2011
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Colonial Virginia miscreants were locked into pillories in the town square for the purpose of humiliation.
Claude Ohanesian: A Reality Check on Deadbeat Dads Claude Ohanesian 2011
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And while conventional wisdom pillories Obama for pushing health care or financial regulatory reform rather than spending every waking hour focusing obsessively on jobs, it's not clear that would have made much of a difference.
Will Marshall: Economy is the Problem, Not Obama Will Marshall 2010
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But the unavoidable irony is that the more he pillories fame, the more famous he becomes, and the more famous he becomes, the more that fame bites back.
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Meanwhile the American left pillories Israel ashland_avenue
Israel intercepts Gaza blockade runners: 14 dead. | RedState 2010
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And while conventional wisdom pillories Obama for pushing health care or financial regulatory reform rather than spending every waking hour focusing obsessively on jobs, it's not clear that would have made much of a difference.
Will Marshall: Economy is the Problem, Not Obama Will Marshall 2010
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Reaching from the grave, Zhao pillories a conservative wing of the party for missteps that led to the bloody crackdown, which began after dark on June 3, 1989, and left hundreds dead.
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And while conventional wisdom pillories Obama for pushing health care or financial regulatory reform rather than spending every waking hour focusing obsessively on jobs, it's not clear that would have made much of a difference.
Will Marshall: Economy is the Problem, Not Obama Will Marshall 2010
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