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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

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

Perhaps he would berate me for my clumsy theory.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

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

We also see a previously unaired video of Stewart, recorded at home a few weeks before her sentencing in 2004, in which she berates an employee for using the wrong knife to slice oranges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2024

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

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 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

In their book "Regime Change," New York Times journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan said Miller was a domineering boss who regularly berated staff members.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

The state council report said Regan often berated Pugh when she worked at SEIU.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Judge Subramanian berated both sides for their failure to swiftly disclose the deal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 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

I didn’t see any police except for the young cop Janice had berated, who was making his way to the spot she had been pointing to.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

Porter slightly rebounded after a dip in polling in the fall after videos emerged of her berating an aide and a reporter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 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

It sounds as if he’s berating her, but he’s telling the girl what to do.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee