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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

I want to go back to the restaurant—" "No, no—now, Cream Puff, I didn't mean to lambaste you.

From Ptomaine Street by Carolyn Wells

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

Related: Jeb Bush lambasts both Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump Ron Michaels, a retired General Motors employee, said Bush stood out as having “a steady hand on the wheel”.

From The Guardian Sep. 19, 2015

No punishment for Hearts, says SPL Brown focuses on Division One future Brown to continue as Dundee boss Brown lambasts penalty decision 43.

From BBC May 21, 2013

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

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 24, 2026

Fennell couldn’t alter the nature of Heathcliff and Cathy’s relationship without being lambasted, but del Toro could make his Creature into an immortal, regenerating super-monster and remain acclaimed.

From Salon Feb. 23, 2026

When I used to thry and sing in choorch, the ould gintleman always lambasted me for filing the saw on Sunday.

From The Cave in the Mountain A Sequel to In the Pecos Country / by Lieut. R. H. Jayne by Edward Sylvester Ellis

Occasionally, he has had heated arguments with the media, lambasting outlets for "misplacing" their focus.

From Barron's Apr. 12, 2026

But after countless reader comments lambasting me for not getting one, I’m convinced.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 10, 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

Last weekend, MCU fans, Pascal punks and journalists alike spent their afternoons lambasting the millionth time Pascal has been asked about the “Daddy” title the internet hoisted onto him.

From Salon Jul. 25, 2025

Among the letters lambasting McCandless, virtually all those I received mentioned his misidentification of the caribou as proof that he didn’t know the first thing about surviving in the back- country.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer




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