as in rebuke
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as in scolding
to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings
the coach chews out even the stars of the team if they fail to show up for practice
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But Kaplan issued a stinging rebuke of Bankman-Friend.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2025 -
Germany’s Catholic and Protestant churches warned in a letter to parliament that cooperating with the far-right damaged the country’s democracy — a rebuke likely to sting Merz’s Christian Democrats whose name evokes their religious links.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
30 Jan. 2025
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How rare are attacks like these? School shootings are rare, but Sweden – long associated with high living standards and a strong social safety net – has seen a surge in violent crime in recent years, driven in part by gang warfare.—
Henrik Pettersson,
CNN,
5 Feb. 2025
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Torelli plays Addy Frost, an exploration influencer who returns to the Devil’s Triangle 13 years after witnessing her father’s death in a shark attack.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
5 Feb. 2025
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Songkran is Thailand’s New Year festival, but think of it as a joyous chance to have a water fight without reprimands.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
7 Feb. 2025
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But senators have remained doubtful of his experience and abilities and the alleged behavior that could lead to reprimand or firing for military personnel he would now be expected to lead.—
Lisa Mascaro,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2025
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But the transportation secretary on Sunday also repeatedly echoed Trump and his top allies' criticism of DEI efforts in the immediate aftermath of the DC-area collision.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA TODAY,
2 Feb. 2025
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The reality smash hit has come in for a lot of criticism of late, with season seven particularly causing a great deal of passionate debate online.—
Abid Rahman,
The Hollywood Reporter,
1 Feb. 2025
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Advertisement China’s Foreign Ministry also issued a vehement reproof.—
Elaine Kurtenbach,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Dec. 2024
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So your best response is either to ignore the remark, which is a reproof in itself, or to make a joke of it.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
9 July 2024
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Beijing has also softened its regulatory assault on Chinese technology companies and the property sector.—
Jacky Wong,
WSJ,
6 Feb. 2023
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Zelenskyy has warned for weeks that Moscow aims to step up its assault after about two months of virtual stalemate along the front line that stretches across the south and east.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
31 Jan. 2023
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Change Appearance Series: The New Immigration: How Recent Arrivals at the Border Have Changed the Country and Its Attitudes More in this series ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.—
Mica Rosenberg,
ProPublica,
7 Feb. 2025
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To get the fraud, waste and abuse out of the federal government.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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Terence Fisher doused the first color adaptation of Holmes’s most famous case with lashings of red and green — which weren’t enough to impress the Conan Doyle estate, which took umbrage with Hammer’s salacious changes to the plot.—
Rory Doherty,
Vulture,
24 Jan. 2025
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On New Year’s in Russia, revelers traditionally consume lashings of Olivier salad.—
Lena Medvedeva,
NBC News,
31 Dec. 2024
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