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lambaste

[lam-bayst, -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

But after hearing, over the course of the docuseries, British broadcasters lambaste Victoria about everything from her weight to her naivety, it feels like she’s earned it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2025

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

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

From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2023

I'll lambaste him good for this, now I tell you.

From Hiram the Young Farmer by Burbank L. Todd

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

Dripping with sarcasm, the song lambasts the faux-breeziness that people – particularly women – are expected to project at the start of a relationship.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 20, 2016

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

The head of Bayer’s pharmacological institute lambasted Hoffmann’s discovery as “worthless.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile over the Sea of Japan on Thursday, Seoul's military said, with the launch coming after Pyongyang lambasted Japan's military build-up in the Pacific.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 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

The entire human race is lambasted by one form of propaganda or another from the time the infant learns to sit up until the elderly lays down and dies.

From Highways in Hiding by George Oliver Smith

Meloni, who had recently distanced herself from Trump over his lambasting of the pope, quickly corrected Costa.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

This judge had complete command of her courtroom and had no qualms about lambasting anyone who ran afoul of the rules.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026

More than 100 one-star reviews were left on her business’ Yelp page this week, with reviewers lambasting her remarks at the gala.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 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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