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berate

[bih-reyt] / bɪˈreɪt /


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But the pop singer said she did not send a security guard to berate them.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2026

Lanning still recalls that early during his brief stint, he stepped in to run a drill, only for Saban to berate him for teaching it incorrectly to the watching players.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 30, 2025

If you berate yourself for what you deem parenting mistakes, don’t let it eat away at you.

From MarketWatch Dec. 2, 2025

With no Russell Martin to berate now, it was the players who felt the full force of a furious fanbase by the full-time whistle.

From BBC Oct. 18, 2025

We were staying with some business associates of the Courters, so they could not continue to berate me.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

In Season 1, Deborah berates her daughter about her lack of a prenup in a very public birthday dinner speech, but then reluctantly attends her drive-thru wedding via FaceTime.

From Salon May 16, 2025

In one, a woman berates her husband for not voting.

From Seattle Times Mar. 10, 2024

Watch the moment an 'ultra' Darmstadt fan berates the players on the pitch after their 6-0 home Bundesliga defeat by Augsburg.

From BBC Mar. 4, 2024

He also berates the street vendors and tells them that he is not giving them permission to record him while simultaneously filming them on a public street.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 12, 2023

Lourdes berates herself for not dating an American who asked her out long ago.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

Pelley accused CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss of “murdering” the program and berated Bilton, a former New York Times journalist, for lacking TV news experience.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2026

Back in January at the peak of the furore over Greenland, the Treasury Secretary openly berated Deutsche Bank’s George Saravelos after the currency strategist speculated that European institutions could dump $8 trillion of U.S.

From MarketWatch Mar. 9, 2026

A man dressed as Batman berated officials in the California city set to host the Super Bowl next month over claims they could let ICE officers patrol the NFL championship game.

From Barron's Jan. 30, 2026

Both she and Trump also publicly berated CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins this week.

From Salon Dec. 13, 2025

He never berated us when he found us leaning on our spades and talking.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Top of Wooden’s list was an insistence that Close could succeed without berating players.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 6, 2026

Then as now, Martin chose a polite but firm approach to Trump, who spent much of the question-and-answer session berating US allies for rebuffing his calls to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

From Barron's Mar. 17, 2026

Despite Egadze scoring only 154.79 for the free skate - 27 points lower than his season best - there was no berating.

From BBC Feb. 8, 2026

There is romance, drama, pathos and the verbal berating of hotel staff and music video directors.

From Salon Dec. 24, 2025

We round the corner, Dr. Schillinger still berating me, and then we’re through the front door of Tatarska 3.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron




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