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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

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

From Slate ● Feb. 19, 2024

Haley herself makes a similar argument, such as one jab to chide Trump for refusing to debate her.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2024

How could you not hear me knocking? he would chide.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

When Teng feels that including a photo of dead children violates their dignity, Perlmutter chides her, insisting that their obligation is to show Americans what their tax dollars are funding.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 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

Much of the lesson is taken up by long, hard-hitting rallies between the two of them, interspersed with Sell’s chides and words of encouragement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2024

Contemplating escaping Rome, she talks of buying an island; Marcello chides her: “Your problem is you have too much money.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2024

There's no point in worrying about things you can't change, Gram’s voice chides, and you can't change what people think of you.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

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

“Your just a big chid an won’t let me have a life!”

From The Guardian ● Oct. 31, 2019

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

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2014

He sometimes stopped, and spat, and chid The silly things his master did.

From Reynard the Fox by John Masefield

Korner chided the prosecution for "wholesale dumping" of documents and urged the parties to work together to reduce the size of the case file.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 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

Members of the opera community chided the “Marty Supreme” star for his unprovoked attack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026

“I have a sore throat,” is the first line of dialogue we hear Harold say, after being chided for playing with his food at the table.

From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2026

“Where have you been?” she chided me, tucking a stray wisp of white hair up into her bun.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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

I am grown weaker than a chidden infant, While not a sigh escapes to tell thy pain.

From The Fatal Falsehood by Hannah More

This will show him—should you beat him, you would confuse his ideas—that he is chidden for not paying attention to the whistle.

From The Dog by Dinks

They stood still; but their chests heaved, and they looked down at the ground like chidden boys.

From Landolin by Berthold Auerbach

Because it is so constantly chidden and driven by the sea, the long tendency, brought from its first source and kept between so many fields and over all the noisy weirs, is concealed.

From London Impressions Etchings and Pictures in Photogravure by Alice Christiana Thompson Meynell

Less than 24 hours after that chiding, Amorim was sacked, and the focus was on the part Wilcox played in that.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Fans, tired of hearing about “new” features they’ve been using for years, are spreading conspiracy theories about the new phone and chiding potential defectors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Gigi now starts each video chiding commentators who accuse her of being AI.

From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025

Earlier that month, Ely had written to Perkins again, affectionately chiding her for missing a social gathering and exclaiming, “I feel lost in the new Immigration set-up!”

From Slate ● Jan. 26, 2025

Later Booth would write a letter to Dr. Stuart, chiding him for his lack of Southern hospitality and honor.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson