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  • verb Present participle of ostracise.

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Examples

  • Anti-Venizelist Greece,22 however, after succeeding in ostracising Greek reality and replacing it with delusions, is already struggling to import prematurely, before its time, a foreign reality just to show that it's getting on with something.

    Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity 2008

  • This year, her best friend won't talk to her, and the entire school is following suit in ostracising her.

    Just Listen 2006

  • This year, her best friend won't talk to her, and the entire school is following suit in ostracising her.

    Archive 2006-10-01 2006

  • There is no talk of Obama approving direct diplomatic negotiations with Hamas early on, but he is being urged by advisers to initiate low-level or clandestine approaches, and there is growing recognition in Washington that the policy of ostracising Hamas is counter-productive.

    Better Watch How You Talk | ATTACKERMAN 2009

  • Snubing or ostracising the president will come back too haunt these GOP's one day.

    Obama student talk draws fire from critics 2009

  • "It's not about a cordon sanitaire," said Rasmussen, referring to past failed policies of ostracising and ignoring the populists, particularly in Belgium and Austria.

    Immigration: Far-right fringe exploits European coalitions Ian Traynor 2010

  • I really don't get this apologism for nationally unpopular policies, for creating a national divide, for ostracising white working class voters in favour of union and hyphen Americans.

    Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010

  • If the minimum return on ostracising English coaches is winning important matches, the splurge (£6m a year for Capello and an unspecified sum for his adjutants) is without purpose.

    World Cup 2010 live blog: 30 June 2010

  • There is no talk of Obama approving direct diplomatic negotiations with Hamas early on in his administration, but he is being urged by advisers to initiate low-level or clandestine approaches, and there is growing recognition in Washington that the policy of ostracising Hamas is counter-productive.

    Jeffrey Feldman: Obama Camp "Prepared To Talk To Hamas," Says the Guardian 2009

  • The move to open contacts with Hamas - which could be initiated through the US intelligence services - would represent a definitive break with the Bush presidency's ostracising of the group.

    Jeffrey Feldman: Obama Camp "Prepared To Talk To Hamas," Says the Guardian 2009

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