berate
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Sabalenka is always vocal on court and has been known to berate herself and roll her eyes ironically when missing points, even in her most dominant of victories.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
He added that once Arday had resigned, "What's the public interest in continuing to berate him?"
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Within DHS, Noem and Lewandowski frequently berate senior level staff, give polygraph tests to employees they don’t trust and have fired employees—in one incident, Lewandowski fired a U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
When Demitra got on stage and her material did not receive a reaction from the audience, she started to berate the crowd with insults, according to Montoya.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026
Perhaps he would berate me for my clumsy theory.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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Alongside scenes where Guardiola obsesses over tactics, there are many where he gives candid speeches and berates his team.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
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 just berates this reporter for feeding the 24/7 news cycle, which was not as intense as it is here today.
From Salon ● May 5, 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
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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
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
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
Once I finally got a grip, I pulled up the Scoreboard and made myself stare at it for thirty solid minutes while I mentally berated myself.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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"I started to feel guilty and started berating myself internally for it all."
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 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
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
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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