hectored
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Usually, the one reaching out for help is the sibling tasked with holding power of attorney or serving as executor of an estate, and who is being hectored by a troublesome sibling.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Eager to shock, he hectored refined Athenians in the market square.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
He is hectored about his life choices by “Nicky,” an uncanny valley version of himself who exemplifies all Cage’s famously quirky excesses, particularly his penchant for screaming a lot.
From The Verge ● Mar. 15, 2022
He mocked Mr. Sessions’s Southern accent, hectored him on Twitter and belittled him in interviews — and only after all that did he fire him, days after the 2018 midterms.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2020
For four dispiriting years, he had hectored government officials to place the program on the fast track.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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