Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is in the wake of and it is a phrase meaning “as a result of some event, especially an unpleasant one; in the aftermath of, as a consequence of, on account of, because of, owing to”
Example Sentence: The bank accounts of Amnesty India were frozen in the wake of two major human rights reports – one on the Delhi riots this year, where Amnesty India documented police complicity in the violence against Muslims, and another on the arbitrary detentions and internet restrictions that endure in Kashmir, a year after it was stripped of its special status.
This word is present in The Guardian article By kicking Amnesty out, India is betraying its founding ideals and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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