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scoldings

NOUN
censure
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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

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

Many are bracing for scoldings, and they took turns apologizing.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 18, 2018

I would not let Sass’s scoldings touch me as they used to.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan



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