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railer

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Definition of railer

as in faultfinder

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Your relentless faultfinder—everybody has one—is quick to judge, minimize your accomplishments or demote you to an underdog.

— Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021

Definition of faultfinder

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In lesser hands, such a hero could be an insufferable scold, or alienating chaos agent.

— Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
After trying out a shot in the fourth episode in which Kim smiled, barely perceptibly, while watching Jimmy pull off a stunt, the creators settled into the idea that her character wasn’t a scold but was turned on by Jimmy’s shenanigans — and could be a surprising and active ally.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025

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Many of his domestic critics have faulted him for prolonging the war in Gaza to appease his far-right allies, and for permitting ultra-Orthodox Jews to forgo military service to appease that sizable religious voter bloc.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
Following backlash, Crawford removed the post from her X timeline on Sunday afternoon and apologized for violating the network’s standards, amid complaints from internal and external critics about the post to CBS News leadership.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026

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In addition to Brecht’s typical didacticism, there is a haunting passage for a fishwife whose son died in one of Lucullus’s campaigns.

— Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2020
An old fishwife sees a lobster try to escape and whacks it back in with her net.

— Casey Quackenbush / Hong Kong, Time, 12 July 2018

Definition of fishwife

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The studio is also developing an original horror film with Anna Chazelle based on the one of the Greek gorgon sisters, Medusa.

— Giana Levy, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025
Furs are werewolves, Fangs are vampires, Stoners are gorgons and Scales are sirens, leader of whom is Bianca Barclay (Joy Sunday).

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2025

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