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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 we were stunned to hear her berate an audience member in the front of the stalls who had been texting throughout the final, most moving scene.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 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

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

On Thorns, the pensive opening song of The Clearing, she even berates herself for "making a song and dance" about the break-up that inspired Wolf Alice's previous album, Blue Weekend.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2025

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

I like it when Bill Plaschke berates himself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2024

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

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

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

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

"I started to feel guilty and started berating myself internally for it all."

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 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

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

He was his own sarcophagus, a bold and infallible diplomat who was always berating himself disgustedly for all the chances he had missed and kicking himself regretfully for all the errors he had made.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller