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In the course of the struggle, the preamble, containing much objurgation, was stricken from the resolution and the word "alleged" was inserted before the charges to be investigated.

From Time Magazine Archive

The object of all this objurgation is one of unflappable Mac's most steadfast supporters and closest confidants.

From Time Magazine Archive

The day after Sin's objurgation, Marcos raised the level of political tension yet again by placing the 230,000-member armed forces on red alert.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bellowed from the hustings, tintinnabulated over the radio, ululated from a servile press . . . has come the objurgation 'Agriculture must be placed on an equality with industry'.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thaddeus Stevens considered it the only one of the series that was bomb-proof, but the Chief Justice ruled that the Stanton matter was the only thing of substance in it, the residue being mere objurgation.

From The Life of Lyman Trumbull by White, Horace