berate
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He added that once Arday had resigned, "What's the public interest in continuing to berate him?"
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
But the pop singer said she did not send a security guard to berate them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
It was a reach—“I’m never mad,” Manley said—so he asked Chalamet to berate him off-camera to get worked up for a red-faced confrontation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
If you berate yourself for what you deem parenting mistakes, don’t let it eat away at you.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 2, 2025
They laughed, tapped the tablecloth with their fingertips and began to tease, berate and adore him all at once.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
In one, a woman berates her husband for not voting.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2024
Watch the moment an 'ultra' Darmstadt fan berates the players on the pitch after their 6-0 home Bundesliga defeat by Augsburg.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2024
He also berates the street vendors and tells them that he is not giving them permission to record him while simultaneously filming them on a public street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
He just berates this reporter for feeding the 24/7 news cycle, which was not as intense as it is here today.
From Salon ● May 5, 2023
She argues with Abuela’s neighbors, picks fights with waiters, berates the man who sells ice cones on the beach.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Judge Subramanian berated both sides for their failure to swiftly disclose the deal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
But none of the other journalists in the Oval Office with Holmes spoke up as the president berated her.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
In a documentary capturing the band's early days, the trainees were berated for posting photos from their dorms on social media.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
He berated city leaders for not doing enough to get unhoused people off the streets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
I didn’t see any police except for the young cop Janice had berated, who was making his way to the spot she had been pointing to.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
Top of Wooden’s list was an insistence that Close could succeed without berating players.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
Then as now, Martin chose a polite but firm approach to Trump, who spent much of the question-and-answer session berating US allies for rebuffing his calls to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026
Despite Egadze scoring only 154.79 for the free skate - 27 points lower than his season best - there was no berating.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026
Video footage shows Rivas and others berating the officers for complicity in what they called a “kidnapping.”
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2025
He ignored his threat to begin at zero if anyone did that and made do with berating them.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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