He said that for the last two years negotiations on the protocol had somewhat stalled, characterising it as "rather slow".

Source: https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-41075945.html

Instead of condemning Smotrich in the strongest terms, Prime Minister Netanyahu added insult to injury by characterising Smotrich's shocking declaration, in a tweet four days later, as "inappropriate."

Source: https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/netanyahus-dismisses-his-failure-guard-israel-arab-relations-1714815

Melei, a firebrand economist-turned-lawmaker, made a name for himself by shouting against Argentina’s “political caste” on television, and characterising politicians as “thieves who live like monarchs”.

Source: https://www.smh.com.au/national/australia-news-live-voice-campaign-fails-in-australia-economist-warns-population-surge-could-keep-rates-high-20231016-p5ecgh.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

This is coming after more than three years of declaring the outbreak to be a PHEIC in January 2020, about six weeks before characterising it as a pandemic.

Source: https://punchng.com/who-declares-end-to-covid-19-as-global-health-emergency/

We keep characterising others as lazy and pointing to the fortunate few who have broken through as though this can be the norm.

Source: http://wired868.com/2023/03/04/noble-reclaiming-the-dream-reconceptualised-housing-and-family-planning-can-lift-tt/