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rebuke

[ri-byook] / rɪˈbjuk /




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The decision to make his eligible for Monday’s game also drew rebuke from UEFA, the governing body for soccer in Europe and the largest, most powerful of FIFA’s six confederations.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

He called upon people to love their enemies, not rebuke them or disparage their existence.

From Salon Jun. 5, 2026

Rama himself has published what appears to be a public rebuke to former Greek Prime Minister Aleksis Tsipras.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

Just months after joining the eurozone single currency area, the European Commission is set to rebuke Bulgaria for violating the EU's spending rules.

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

In March Stassen was stripped of his cabinet rank as a rebuke.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Public rebukes followed Hegseth’s decision last month to effectively fire Gen. Chris Donahue, a respected four-star commander who came up the ranks through the special forces.

From Salon Jul. 7, 2026

About 80% of shares voting opposed the company’s advisory “say-on-pay” resolution, one of the biggest rebukes of last year’s executive compensation by shareholders.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

He said Muscat had not fallen out of favour with Washington, despite the rebukes.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

The legal defeats mark the latest rebukes of federal prosecutors’ aggressive attempts to charge protesters in L.A. under First Asst.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 12, 2026

I sat thinking of the dread possibility of having to leave all this, of being expelled; imagining the return home and the rebukes of my parents.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

Debra Duardo essentially rebuked district budget decisions and a “fiscal stability plan” the school board approved June 16 and sent to the county for review.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Many officials were rebuked for using government cars for private purposes and visiting private clubs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

They will also be the first under new Federal Reserve boss Kevin Warsh after he last month replaced Jerome Powell, who was constantly rebuked by Trump for not cutting interest rates enough.

From Barron's Jun. 2, 2026

Heath and his siblings were rebuked by their neighbors, Heath said, to the point that his brother, Phil, told the township attorney he was thinking about resigning as supervisor.

From Salon Apr. 27, 2026

He berated the ANC for failing to disclose the location of arms caches and then rebuked us for maintaining a “private army,” Umkhonto we Sizwe, in violation of the National Peace Accord of September 1991.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Starmer, who for a year has assiduously courted the president and held off publicly rebuking him, has now changed course.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2026

At its peak, there were over 6,000 Shakers, joining Ann in rebuking the gruesome, incalculable evils of war and preaching moral generosity.

From Salon Dec. 27, 2025

His stand-up routine included jokes about dating, autism and Tourette’s, and he got extra laughs after rebuking head judge Simon Cowell.

From BBC May 25, 2024

A three-judge federal appeals panel reversed her order, rebuking Cannon for a ruling it said she lacked the legal authority to make in the first place.

From Seattle Times Jul. 16, 2023

I did not sleep that night, but lay awake rebuking myself for running away in fear.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein




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