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She added that the incident was "the final straw" in a long list of situations that players had been denouncing for years.

From Reuters • Aug. 25, 2023

Senate aides called the move a strategic olive branch to Grassley, who had been denouncing the hearings as a farce aimed at rushing the bill to passage and had filed 77 amendments.

From Washington Post • May 27, 2013

Last week's communiqu�s were a resounding vindication of those who had been denouncing overoptimism for three long years.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mine inspectors had been denouncing Centralia's No. 5 for years�one recent report had listed many dangerous violations of safety codes, but little had ever been done to correct them.

From Time Magazine Archive

More than once he had risen in revolt against the zealots who were for outbidding him in fanaticism; for some time past he had been denouncing the demagogues as vehemently as the moderates.

From The Gods are Athirst by Jackson, Emilie