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scoldings

NOUN
censure
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You get scoldings for all sorts of things, and it’s one of the first things anyone who comes to train at Chozen-ji has to figure out how to deal with.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2024

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

But dropping the emergency footing and repeated scoldings could also mean fewer people get the shots.

From Washington Times Oct. 12, 2023

Energy has given it a new card to play in the face of scoldings from the West over its human rights record.

From New York Times Nov. 7, 2022

The memories come in an onslaught—the brothers of the temple and their scoldings, the children who run when they see me, the gossiping elders.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray



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