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“Star Wars” fans-sites, for instance, have pilloried the series’s “most ridiculous” merchandise, everything from a ukulele to a yoga mat to makeup to—perhaps most laughable—a bag of Dole lettuce.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2018

In interviews, most voters at the community center said they were supporting Trone, undeterred by months of attacks from opponents who have pilloried him for self-funding his campaign.

From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2018

Almost a decade later, some of her parliamentary colleagues have pilloried her for abandoning her values.

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2012

For weeks, the worries and the sceptics have pilloried Murray, telling him he was doomed to an early exit at Wimbledon, where he has made the semi-finals three years in a row.

From The Guardian • Jun. 26, 2012

Are you suggesting that I should stay here, where they have pilloried me as an enemy of the people—branded me—broken my windows!

From An Enemy of the People by Sharp, R. Farquharson (Robert Farquharson)