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He suggested it had material useful to Iran’s war effort and seemed to chide China’s leader, Xi Jinping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

Human beings as a whole do not employ the same ethics a responsible newspaper does — though today many of us chide the press solely when the news is unfavorable to our own personal prejudices.

From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2026

I was muted so much, athletes would chide me by pushing an imaginary button when I asked a question.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025

While they often chide guests for not owning Apple—or enough Apple—they never blame anyone for shunning Nvidia.

From Slate ● Feb. 19, 2024

One girl even dropped a beautiful knit scarf on the floor, but her mother didn't chide her like my mother was chiding me.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

Here, Holland’s Telemachus gambles Athena is hiding inside half the people he meets until his father chides, “Don’t look for gods in men, you’ll just be disappointed.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Epstein advises him on the sale of his healthcare business, and chides him for not being careful enough in checking out the background of a new contact.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026

Like Mustafa tells Mary after he chides her Arabic phrase book, “If it’s important for you, necessary, then the words get power. And like magic, you learn it.”

From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2025

On the doo-wop-influenced “Somebody Knew,” he chides himself for the foolish choices that led to a lost love.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2024

“Well, it was only a dream, Mary,” he chides her.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

Elvis Presley's iconic Graceland mansion will stay in the family after the death of his only chid, Lisa Marie Presley.

From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2023

Fed up and enraged, the king angrily chid, “Wear your armor all day, like the dasypodid!”

From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2022

Bell’s current list of charities covers a staggering amount of ground: animal rights, prostate cancer, stem cell donation, Alzheimer’s disease, international child hunger, domestic chid poverty and young mothers raised in foster care.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 26, 2018

“My refusing to eat Flesh occasioned an Inconveniency,” Franklin later recalled, “and I was frequently chid for my singularity.”

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2014

She kept her distance like a servant, but would, to disguise things the better, be every now and then pert, according to their way, and give occasion to be chid.

From The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campell A Gentlen, who, tho' Deaf and Dumb, Writes down any Stranger's name at first Sight; by Defoe, Daniel

Jack Caskey and Jerome Sperling, who would play significant roles on the Greek Desk, were chided for their rule-following, caution and seriousness, qualities that any sensible archaeologist might otherwise aspire to.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

In the first week of trial, she chided Musk for recent posts to his social media platform X, in which he spoke disparagingly of OpenAI and Sam Altman, whom he referred to as "Scam Altman".

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

“And you may ask yourself, ‘Well, how did I get here?’ ” the Talking Heads chided me mentally as I took stock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

He started reading the Harry Potter books on top of his historical biographies and conservative magazines, and chided me for acting like I was too cool for Hogwarts.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025

I sat back in my seat, and chided myself for such thoughts.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Helen Burns asked some slight question about her work of Miss Smith, was chidden for the triviality of the inquiry, returned to her place, and smiled at me as she again went by.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

It was for this that His followers had chidden her.

From The Gospel According to St. Mark by Chadwick, G. A.

She declared her intention to accompany me to the ends of the earth; and had to be chidden by her sire for drawing comparisons between myself and her Uncle William, highly damaging to the latter.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

During childhood, indulged, in every wish; admired where she should have been chidden, caressed where she should have been corrected; coaxed into pettishness, and spoilt into tyranny.

From The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny

Pocket had never touched his tea; he was very gently chidden for that.

From The Camera Fiend by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

Cardinals fans began chiding themselves for ever believing Walker had changed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

The characters were pricklier and more restless than I remembered, and Alcott’s voice—good-natured but chiding, unsentimental—was a revelation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026

One recent, pointed example drew on a speech from 2000, chiding people who lecture others but fail to preach by example.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2025

But it was Bowen Yang’s return as Chinese trade minister Chen Biao that won the night, chiding Americans over Trump’s ongoing trade war.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2025

One girl even dropped a beautiful knit scarf on the floor, but her mother didn't chide her like my mother was chiding me.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals