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lambaste

[lam-beyst, -bast] / læmˈbeɪst, -ˈbæst /


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It’s one thing for Mamdani supporters to imbibe “eat the rich” rhetoric, it’s another to lambaste small-time shopkeepers as greedy exploiters when they are the backbone of neighborhood food provision and cultural cohesion.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

Gaetz, as a man, appears to be widely detested by his former colleagues, given the number willing to publicly lambaste him.

From Salon Nov. 14, 2024

In recent years, Bieniemy has reportedly interviewed for 15 NFL head coaching jobs without landing an offer, making some question his people skills and others lambaste teams for passing him over so many times.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 24, 2024

No—Ackman’s saved his invective to lambaste perceived wrongdoings at Harvard, instead.

From Slate Dec. 14, 2023

They lambaste impartially and with a certain Irish delight in doing the job thoroughly.

From The Rules of the Game by Stewart Edward White

Schwab’s recent correspondence lambasts the Forum’s board for deploying money and using advisers to diminish his legacy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

In his 1989 journal article "Feminism, the Body, and the Machine," Berry lambasts the era's burgeoning tech revolution with jarring prescience:

From Salon Jun. 18, 2023

Jamil often lambasts or reframes the negative narratives that articles perpetuate.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2020

"I'm not suggesting she does a Hugh Grant-type public scene," he said, referring to a scene from the film Love Actually, in which a UK prime minister lambasts an American president.

From BBC May 10, 2019

He regularly lambasts the “failing” New York Times.

From The Guardian Feb. 11, 2017

He also lambasted people’s preoccupation with possessing money as warping their imaginations and blinding them to the existence of more fulfilling possibilities.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

It was then that Tuchel may well have given the game away when he heaped praise on England's mentality but lambasted their lack of quality.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

In 2019, he publicly lambasted authorities for their handling of the pro-democracy protests.

From Barron's Apr. 7, 2026

In 2011, Acuña was one of many authors who saw their works lambasted by then-Arizona Atty.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 24, 2026

Accordingly we encouraged and urged, tugged and lambasted, with a right good will, but all to no effect.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Griffin in turn filed a defamation suit, claiming the woman’s account was wholly false and lambasting the New York Times’ reporting as a “fishing expedition aimed at smearing” her.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

The pontiff responded by saying he had a "moral duty to speak out" against war -- and then sparked more headlines with a speech in Cameroon lambasting "tyrants" ransacking the world.

From Barron's May 3, 2026

"On the way out, some of the prisoners came out of their cells and started lambasting the away side for losing the game," Tony says.

From BBC Apr. 7, 2026

But it seemed to inspire others: several influential acts subsequently left the service, lambasting Ek for investing his personal fortune into an AI weapons firm.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2025

Then the brothers had to do some more trembling and clinging while John finished lambasting them for running away, which apparently they did about every other week.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli




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