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
It was a reach—“I’m never mad,” Manley said—so he asked Chalamet to berate him off-camera to get worked up for a red-faced confrontation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
If you berate yourself for what you deem parenting mistakes, don’t let it eat away at you.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 2, 2025
One of the world's most popular streamers, Tyler "Ninja" Blevins, says trolls "berate" him every day because his number of viewers has fallen.
From BBC ● Sep. 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
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
I like it when Bill Plaschke berates himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2024
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
Before you think I’m that neighbor, one who complains about the kid’s basketball rolling into my flower bed, or who berates people for leaving their trash bin out past trash day, I’m not.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
After Mother berates me about finding a husband every other day, I have to sleep in a wedding cake.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
Epstein berated Molchanova for not asking for a front-desk job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 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
He berated city leaders for not doing enough to get unhoused people off the streets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
Brittin has faced scrutiny in the past, particularly over Google's tax affairs in 2016 when he was berated by members of the Public Accounts Committee.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
He didn’t know what possessed Aunt Hila to think that he’d eat while being berated for being too much like his father.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
Top of Wooden’s list was an insistence that Close could succeed without berating players.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 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
The Australian skipper removed him for a 13th time in Tests, more than any other bowler, with a furious Root berating himself after prodding at a full delivery and feathering to Carey.
From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025
Then she went over to the couch and woke him up and started berating him for nearly burning the house down.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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