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By then, the Senate had censured McCarthy, and McCarthyism had collapsed.

From Washington Post • Jun. 11, 2022

The Navy announced last year that it had censured three other admirals for ethics violations after an internal investigation determined that they had accepted gifts and luxurious meals from Francis without proper recompensation.

From Washington Post • Jun. 9, 2016

Before the day was out various Commissioners had censured as "Sabbath-breakers" not only Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald but Their Royal Highnesses the Duke & Duchess of York.

From Time Magazine Archive

The French government, however, had censured the marshal's conduct.

From Maximilian in Mexico A Woman's Reminiscences of the French Intervention 1862-1867 by Stevenson, Sara Yorke

Foremost indeed he had censured Will, and pointed out that his own sustained silence, however high-minded the reason of it, was a main factor in his sweetheart’s sufferings and ultimate submission.

From Children of the Mist by Phillpotts, Eden