scolding
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In 2018, he issued his most famous scolding, decrying the court’s failure to take up California’s 10-day waiting period.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
They’re like, “You should be out there scolding people who use this term colloquially.”
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Security guard Pascal Duvier, most recently infamous for allegedly scolding 11-year-old Ada Law at a hotel in São Paulo, is clearing the air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
Caluori says that, along with Pollock's trailblazing example, he has taken heed of a training-ground scolding from former England captain Owen Farrell.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026
But it wasn’t scolding, the way he said it.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
There was no need to apologize to those fans who basked in The General’s epic on-camera scoldings of players and refs.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
They had a habit of stealing Shukkur’s unripe guavas, plums and mangoes whenever they visited, prompting scoldings from their grandfather.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
Born in Freeport, Ill., on Jan. 21, 1946, he attended Catholic schools for 16 years, receiving plenty of scoldings from the nuns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2023
The I.M.F., which usually reserves such scoldings for developing nations, on Thursday doubled down on its message.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2022
I’ve always been the clown and mischief maker of the family; I’ve always had to pay double for my sins: once with scoldings and then again with my own sense of despair.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
