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berate

[bih-rayt] / bɪˈreɪt /


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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

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

Perhaps he would berate me for my clumsy theory.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

Alongside scenes where Guardiola obsesses over tactics, there are many where he gives candid speeches and berates his team.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

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

I have a co-worker whom I adore, but every holiday she berates me for not getting in the spirit: not wearing a Halloween costume, etc.

From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 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

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

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

The chief guard on duty berated me for arriving a day later than my orders specified, and sent me to the barracks.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

His exchange with an Apple TV reporter sparked headlines last week, with the actor berating the reporter on video for her question during his series’ Hollywood premiere.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 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

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

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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