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But these days, he’s been attacking Pope Leo XIV, even going so far as to chide the pontiff to “to be careful when he talks about matters of theology.”

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026

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

It’s time to identify trends, recognize teams that greatly improved and chide those who stood pat or took a step backward.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 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

It’s just a stupid shirt, I chide myself.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

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

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

“I can’t believe you’ve kept this from us, Nick,” Astrid chides.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Ministers have said the policy, which could be worth as much as £20 a week per chid, was unaffordable and always time-limited.

From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2024

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 chid herself for every memory of Harry; every pang of envy for Isobel demanded from herself a discipline more stern than Isobel's own had ever supplied to meet Wellgood's theories of a manly training.

From Second String by Anthony Hope

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

Tasnim, an Iranian media outlet aligned with the country’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, chided Araghchi for his post.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

For a recurring exhibition that is often chided for its deafening, in-your-face messaging, this edition of the show is all but silent; for a show that’s known—almost famous—for generating controversy, this outing is entirely anodyne.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 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

Citra jumped and silently chided herself for being caught off guard.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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 would be chidden for a month rather than that you should lose this ball,—you would be so happy, and so much admired!'

From Discipline by Mary Brunton

She was gravely chidden for touching these in wonder, and then she saw other shapes, resembling San Donato, passing rank behind rank in the clouds.

From Stories by American Authors, Volume 7 by Various

This was well, but the mention of your name was better, and much close questioning gave me the scene which he remembered, because Ottila had chidden him sharply for his disclosures to yourself.

From Moods by Louisa May Alcott

So I dropped my work, and sat silent as a chidden child, a little sorry, a little afraid, and beneath all some hot anger at whatever influence prompted the ill-boding expression.

From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

Museveni, who has ruled the country since 1986, routinely addresses the nation on TV, chiding residents to adhere to proper hygiene and other preventive measures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Gallrein ended by chiding reporters: “Be fair and balanced, can we do that?”

From Slate ● May 19, 2026

We still play cards and games together while chiding each other.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

A popular thread on the r/drones subreddit included dozens of comments chiding the photographer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025

"I am too old a soldier to believe that. Hoster will be chiding me about the Redwyne girl even as we light his funeral pyre, damn his bones."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin