scold
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Medicine and public health have long communicated like a scold, especially about women’s bodies.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
It could have even been to scold Russian President Vladimir Putin.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
"I really want to give it up. Every day I scold myself and tell myself to quit: no more, no more."
From Barron's ● May 31, 2026
At concerts, he chats with the audience, takes requests, sometimes stopping mid-song to adjust the arrangement, or to scold his fans for spending too much time recording, instead of being present.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026
And he would be right to scold her this time.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
Maybe you could call it a tea party wokeness, purged of pedants and scolds.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
Americans are funny like that: We tend to feel we know better than pinch-lipped moral scolds what’s best for our lives.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
On Lover Girl, she practically scolds herself for being so reckless.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
My 10-year-old daughter now regularly scolds me for my nonrhotic habits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
“Yeah, yeah, and you steered the Titanic into that iceberg too,” Pouncey scolds me.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
Novelist Dame Jilly Cooper scolded the team behind Rivals and told them to stop making her "macho men" cry on screen, an executive producer on the show has said.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
At one point, the judge even scolded the officers for being too lenient with her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has scolded reporters who ask basic questions about the war’s justification or objectives.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026
In Zambrano’s case, Gee scolded the government over how the detention unfolded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
Are they off sulking like scolded dogs, I wonder?
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
The announcement also follows previous comments from Grande scolding people to “be gentler and less comfortable commenting on people’s bodies.”
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
"I had imagined us being together until we're old, her scolding me until we're old, but now I can't hear her voice any more."
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
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
But the dentist scolding you for not flossing more often may not own the business anymore.
From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2026
His voice was as loud as the scolding of a rhesus monkey high in the sundari trees.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
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