admonished
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A friend admonished him for the high-hat dismissal, and a chastened Mr. Lloyd fished out the script for a closer look.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Professor Derek Manas, the medical director of NHS Blood and Transplant, admonished NHS England for creating a system with a burnt-out workforce, "few consequences for poor performance" and operations cancelled "last-minute".
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Connolly has been admonished three times by the California Commission on Judicial Performance, most recently in 2021, for two incidents.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
“We can never recapture the purchasing power of the dollar that has been lost,” the chairman admonished his colleagues in August 1955—even as the consumer-price index registered a rare, small year-over-year decline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
“There are three ladies present, sugah,” Lillian admonished, “and two gentlemen in waiting.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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