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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

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

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

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

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

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

But none of the other journalists in the Oval Office with Holmes spoke up as the president berated her.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

That was a change from some earlier, infamous Tesla earnings calls when he lost his temper and even berated “boring, bonehead” questions about the meat and potatoes of that company’s business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

He berated city leaders for not doing enough to get unhoused people off the streets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has openly berated reporters during Pentagon briefings for using headlines the administration dislikes.

From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026

He berated the ANC for failing to disclose the location of arms caches and then rebuked us for maintaining a “private army,” Umkhonto we Sizwe, in violation of the National Peace Accord of September 1991.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

She claims in her suit that Reid retaliated against her after she spurned his advances, berating her in front of staff after she brought in a young Kanye West for a label audition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2026

Beijing’s retaliation has included berating Tokyo at the United Nations, canceling flights to Japan and threatening a ban on imports of Japanese seafood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026

He ignored his threat to begin at zero if anyone did that and made do with berating them.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover