lambaste

It’s one thing for Mamdani supporters to imbibe “eat the rich” rhetoric, it’s another to lambaste small-time shopkeepers as greedy exploiters when they are the backbone of neighborhood food provision and cultural cohesion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

He was so incensed by the film version of “The Choirboys” that he bought a full-page ad in Daily Variety to lambaste Lorimar Productions and director Robert Aldrich.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025

Gaetz, as a man, appears to be widely detested by his former colleagues, given the number willing to publicly lambaste him.

From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2024

No—Ackman’s saved his invective to lambaste perceived wrongdoings at Harvard, instead.

From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2023

I want to go out and help lambaste those infernally cocksure armies of that jelly-and-cream King.

From Makers of Madness A Play in One Act and Three Scenes by Hermann Hagedorn

Schwab’s recent correspondence lambasts the Forum’s board for deploying money and using advisers to diminish his legacy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

In his 1989 journal article "Feminism, the Body, and the Machine," Berry lambasts the era's burgeoning tech revolution with jarring prescience:

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2023

JJ, for instance, lambasts his dad for committing “human rights violations” and the senior Shaft complains about his son’s taste for exposed brick and coconut water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2019

Dripping with sarcasm, the song lambasts the faux-breeziness that people – particularly women – are expected to project at the start of a relationship.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 20, 2016

No punishment for Hearts, says SPL Brown focuses on Division One future Brown to continue as Dundee boss Brown lambasts penalty decision 43.

From BBC ● May 21, 2013

It was then that Tuchel may well have given the game away when he heaped praise on England's mentality but lambasted their lack of quality.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

While Muscat's cautious stance stood in sharp contrast with Gulf neighbours, who have lambasted Iran for its attacks, many have since pursued dialogue with Tehran.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

He has drawn allegations of corruption—which he has denied—and been lambasted for allegedly amassing personal wealth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

In 2011, Acuña was one of many authors who saw their works lambasted by then-Arizona Atty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026

To be lambasted with a dried codfish was such an unheard-of thing that Rilla could not face it.

From Rainbow Valley by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

The pontiff responded by saying he had a "moral duty to speak out" against war -- and then sparked more headlines with a speech in Cameroon lambasting "tyrants" ransacking the world.

From Barron's ● May 3, 2026

But after countless reader comments lambasting me for not getting one, I’m convinced.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

He has been an outspoken Fed critic, lambasting everything from the central bank's heavy reliance on data to its use of assets on its balance sheet.

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026

More than 100 one-star reviews were left on her business’ Yelp page this week, with reviewers lambasting her remarks at the gala.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2025

Then the brothers had to do some more trembling and clinging while John finished lambasting them for running away, which apparently they did about every other week.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli