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- verb Present participle of
ostracise .
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Examples
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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
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This year, her best friend won't talk to her, and the entire school is following suit in ostracising her.
Just Listen 2006
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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
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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.
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Snubing or ostracising the president will come back too haunt these GOP's one day.
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"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
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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
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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.
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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
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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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