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Webb was able to take on some of Hong Kong’s most powerful constituencies and castigate regulatory authorities for letting corporate governance issues fester.

From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026

"You will be the same person that will castigate us if we acquiesce to accepting Venezuelan prisoners into Nigeria," he added.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2025

“I think the U.S. has realized that it would be sacrificing the geopolitical utility of the Indo-U.S. relationship if it decides to castigate India.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2023

"I definitely think it's cultural. It's important not to castigate cultural practices around food but also raise awareness about food safety."

From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2022

Then what ideas did Mencken hold that made a newspaper like the Commercial Appeal castigate him publicly?

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

Pécresse, who controls Paris regional transport, hopes to have all buses and trains equipped with aircon by 2032, and she castigates her Socialist predecessor for failing to see its importance.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

Watergate was an early obsession as the long-haired character Mark Slackmeyer, who later goes to work for NPR, delivers a profile of John Mitchell and castigates the establishment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

In U2’s “Crumbs From Your Table,” Bono castigates the wealthy West, especially the U.S., for its miserly and neglectful treatment of African countries long harmed by colonization.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2023

He castigates proponents of “natural” and “clean” wine for creating an impression that most wine is “unnatural” or “unclean” as an example of promoting oneself by damaging the overall perception of the product.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2022

He vindicates with a powerful hand the ideas which it evolved; while he castigates, and depicts with poetic melancholy its mournful errors and its tragic character.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 by Robert Taylor Conrad

Then, hours later, Infantino was castigated by FIFA’s own No. 3 executive, chief operating officer Kevin Lamour.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

His 24-page ruling also castigated both Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and government lawyers for submitting “evasive and demonstrably false” claims to the court under oath.

From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2025

Starting off in the old third division also meant I was able to make mistakes on certain issues without being castigated by the media.

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025

England were widely castigated after the first Test ended inside two days, with former players slamming the so-called "Bazball" tactics which saw a number of batsmen throw their wickets away with rash shots.

From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025

As she confided in her diary, the breakup of her previous engagement had left her “mangled and torn and castigated and macerated in soul.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

Besides, the grand majority of those castigating “Barbie” hadn’t seen it, he said, adding that he would like to.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2023

He also sparred with the Russian military leadership, castigating them and mocking them, adding a larger-than-life character to the Bakhmut narrative.

From New York Times ● May 22, 2023

Gabriel scored a contentious Miss USA victory in October, with competitors castigating her and accusing organizers of giving her special treatment.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 15, 2023

There were similar scenes from West Ham's players at Southampton, castigating Peter Bankes for not ruling out Saints' opener, while Hammers boss David Moyes said the VAR needed "to go to Specsavers".

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2022

Jefferson’s highly moralistic language castigating George III and the English government in the Declaration of Independence was not just propaganda, at least for Jefferson.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis