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berate

[bih-reyt] / bɪˈreɪt /


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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

If you berate yourself for what you deem parenting mistakes, don’t let it eat away at you.

From MarketWatch Dec. 2, 2025

They’ve taught me that I don’t have to berate myself, hate myself, call myself names.

From Salon Nov. 29, 2024

Cathy was with Damien all weekend, and when I saw' her last night, I didn’t give her a chance to berate me.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

Marcello Hernández played a mostly-silent Marco Rubio who Trump berates for speaking Spanish.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 18, 2026

The clip, released on Monday, shows three Israeli women, one of whom berates Mr Netanyahu and calls for the release of the hostages.

From BBC Oct. 30, 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

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

First, she berates Carla, who as the oldest was in charge and had orders to stick with Manuel and Fifi as their in-car chaperone.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

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

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2026

Back in January at the peak of the furore over Greenland, the Treasury Secretary openly berated Deutsche Bank’s George Saravelos after the currency strategist speculated that European institutions could dump $8 trillion of U.S.

From MarketWatch Mar. 9, 2026

Noem routinely berated staff if she saw Homan on TV and kept track of both their appearances to make sure she was on TV more than him, according to people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 13, 2026

Both she and Trump also publicly berated CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins this week.

From Salon Dec. 13, 2025

Psychologists Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman studied one such situation in which, after good landings, pilots were praised, whereas after bumpy landings, they were berated.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

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

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

Video footage shows Rivas and others berating the officers for complicity in what they called a “kidnapping.”

From Salon Oct. 24, 2025

Conversations where I imagined all the loved ones of the boys, berating myself and becoming paralyzed with guilt and confusion.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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