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Pete and Viv chastise Corey about his wayward ways—for example, his failure to show up at their mother’s funeral.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Critics of gold use this fact to chastise the proponents of a return to a gold-backed dollar.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2025

Before the denouement came one more opportunity to chastise the Australians, one more chance to be at the centre of a red-hot Ashes tussle.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025

Miller often called well into the evening, Dudek said, to chastise him about anything the press had reported that day that had caught the administration off guard.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2025

“Four wouldn’t be that petty,” Christina says, either to chastise Cara or to reassure me, I’m not sure.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

Yet, as a “cradle Catholic,” he chastises the newly converted Mr. Vance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

Judge Xinis' 22-page opinion chastises US officials for claiming that there was little they could do to remedy what they have described as an "administrative error" that led to his deportation.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2025

Her nitpicking boss chastises her for not overloading her uniform with incongruent buttons, or "flair," insisting she needs to "express herself."

From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2024

As Kendall asks for his brother’s help in the coming board battle against Shiv, he chastises Roman bluntly for screwing everything up.

From New York Times ● May 21, 2023

“Ayesha, be quiet,” her mother chastises, the fear transparent on her face.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

After a summer of Gen Z discontent, political workers and members of the public chastised women for violating social norms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

She argued that it’s okay to be single, but then also chastised the audience, “I think we love ourselves a little too much.”

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026

An aggressive questioner, Alexander has been chastised by Trump publicly over news conference questions that made him unhappy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2026

This is ironic since Buffett has chastised himself for missing Walmart early on.

From Barron's ● Dec. 18, 2025

The woman who had brought me into the world, and nursed me, and advised me, and chastised me, and loved me, didn’t know me.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

And I mean, 50/50, Roy!” said Arturo, playfully chastising his younger brother.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

It invoked “The Godfather” in a 51-page presentation chastising Warner for sticking with the Netflix deal, writing, “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse,” on a page about Paramount’s competing bid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026

The leader has also openly expressed anger at the slow pace of some projects, chastising lazy officials and even firing his vice premier in public for alleged incompetence last week.

From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026

Like I said, you want to come to the conversation from a place of trying to understand his decisions, not judging or chastising him for making them in the first place.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 14, 2026

The Chancellor glared at Hemme, chastising him silently for speaking out of turn, then turned back to me.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss