berate
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He added that once Arday had resigned, "What's the public interest in continuing to berate him?"
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
But the pop singer said she did not send a security guard to berate them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
Noem and Lewandowski frequently berate senior-level staff within DHS and give polygraph tests to employees they don’t trust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
If you berate yourself for what you deem parenting mistakes, don’t let it eat away at you.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 2, 2025
As I made my desolate way back to the stairs, my wise self took the opportunity to berate me.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Marcello Hernández played a mostly-silent Marco Rubio who Trump berates for speaking Spanish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2026
In one, a woman berates her husband for not voting.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2024
He pours himself a cup of tea, and berates himself for over-steeping it.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2023
I have a co-worker whom I adore, but every holiday she berates me for not getting in the spirit: not wearing a Halloween costume, etc.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2023
She argues with Abuela’s neighbors, picks fights with waiters, berates the man who sells ice cones on the beach.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
The state council report said Regan often berated Pugh when she worked at SEIU.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Judge Subramanian berated both sides for their failure to swiftly disclose the deal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
But none of the other journalists in the Oval Office with Holmes spoke up as the president berated her.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
In a documentary capturing the band's early days, external, the trainees were berated for posting photos from their dorms on social media.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
The chief guard on duty berated me for arriving a day later than my orders specified, and sent me to the barracks.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
"I started to feel guilty and started berating myself internally for it all."
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
What happened Tuesday should scare away any of the remaining top prospects who would want to play for this berating blowhard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
Since Takaichi’s remark on Taiwan in November, Beijing’s retaliation has included berating Tokyo at the United Nations, canceling flights to Japan and tightening export controls on goods with potential military uses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
There is romance, drama, pathos and the verbal berating of hotel staff and music video directors.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025
Conversations where I imagined all the loved ones of the boys, berating myself and becoming paralyzed with guilt and confusion.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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