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- verb Present participle of
criticise .
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Examples
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"There's no point in criticising [Ivan] Basso, criticising Landis, or criticising anyone … if you've paid your penalty, this is normally how society works.
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High street shopping: There's a lot in store at Mary's She has made her name criticising retailers, but Mary Portas is now opening her own shop.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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If the Bush Administration really wanted to consolidate the international community behind the US in criticising Russia, I think they should have found somebody else, not Mr Cheney.
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If the Bush Administration really wanted to consolidate the international community behind the US in criticising Russia, I think they should have found somebody else, not Mr Cheney.
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Yet you have the temerity to list UN resolutions castigating Israel with nary a word criticising Arab atrocities both in Israel and worldwide aimed at Jewish or Israeli targets.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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But in criticising the fact that I've sold modestly well by writing a story that has a broad appeal, what he's really saying is this: Readers are stupid.
This'n'that karenmiller 2007
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You are more interested in criticising Dawkins than discussing the underlying philosophical issues.
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You are more interested in criticising Dawkins than discussing the underlying philosophical issues.
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He therefore spends his days carping and criticising from the sidelines, and naturally, the BBC are only too happy to pay him to do so.
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I call attention to this point in criticising the policy that was pursued, that when we had by far the largest crop in our history, the largest volume of wheat to sell, and when because of unfortunate harvesting conditions a large part of that crop was below its usual standard of quality, our business was to push sales and look for wider markets.
Canada and Her Wheat 1930
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