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Recent Examples of keelhaul And other than a recession, which generally keelhauls buyback plans, don’t expect companies to ease off their repurchases. Larry Light, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2019 The threat posed by the AT&T-Time Warner merger is all the greater today because of the Trump administration’s initiative in keelhauling network neutrality at the Federal Communications Commission. Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 12 June 2018
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  • The Anti-Defamation League is scolding Elon Musk after coming to the billionaire titan’s defense earlier in the week.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Those opinions are usually punctuated by scolding those who do not immediately comply.
    Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2025
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  • Instead of a letter of concern, the board officially reprimanded Simmons.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Handler told Parade in a Jan. 3 cover story that the Grace and Frankie star reprimanded her for poor behavior at the event.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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  • Weissmann also lectured at Harvard, Yale and the AFI and taught at USC and Sherwood Oaks Experimental College.
    Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2025
  • But first, she is scolded, lectured and psychoanalyzed by the prosecutor and judge.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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  • Finally, blaming the pharmaceutical industry for high drug costs has historically been PBMs’ go-to defense.
    Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
  • While most economists agree that Biden was not to blame for inflation, the yearslong bout of sharp-rising prices hit Americans hard and, ultimately, cast a thick cloud over Biden’s presidency that carried through to the November election.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025

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“Keelhaul.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keelhaul. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.

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