lash (out)

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Verb
  • And just this week, Pritzker openly criticized Welch after the governor said the speaker did nothing to stop more than one of his members from berating and verbally abusing staff experts from the governor’s administration called in to explain the hemp issues to the Democratic Caucus.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
  • However, many criticized Jones for fighting the aging Miocic and not pivoting to fight Aspinall, a younger and seemingly more dangerous fighter who holds the interim title.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • At the time, even Carter's fellow Democrats fulminated against his incompetence.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
  • When Reagan fulminated against the Soviet Union, his aides, fearing nuclear war, challenged him.
    Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • In one early scene of banter, Star-Lord chides Drax for even considering killing people to accomplish their mission; later, in the film's centerpiece action sequence (which is indeed awesome), the heroes drop one body after another.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Back in the big orange room, LaRoche chides them for paying Sam a visit without him and blows off the suggestion that McGee might be able to use his pull in the publishing world to get his hands on a full copy of Sam’s manuscript.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Wright got so big on social media even Piers Morgan invited her to libel Jay Z and Beyonce on his platform.
    Rob Marriott, VIBE.com, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Though he was not named in the ad, Mr. Sullivan asserted he had been personally libeled by The Times and four Black ministers who were signed to the ad.
    David W. Dunlap, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Worse, every week at the team meeting, my boss would chastise me for inputting data incorrectly, often publicly humiliating me.
    Diana Lowe, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Player 44, the shaman, finally completes this team of outcasts by haughtily chastising them for not coming to her first.
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The reading of history damps down the impulse to slander the trend and tenor of the times, instills a sense of humor, lessens our fear of what might happen tomorrow.
    Harper’s Magazine, Harper's Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
  • In the lawsuit, Trump claimed George Stephanopoulos of ABC News slandered him by stating that Trump had been found liable for rape during the E. Jean Carroll civil case in New York.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • But Axelrod, who devised the successful strategies in Barack Obama's presidential campaigns, rebuked Biden's remark during a discussion on CNN Wednesday afternoon.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The day after the election, Sanders released a statement rebuking Democrats.
    Joanne Haner, The Hill, 6 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • At one point, when Mr. Mastro raised his hand to make a point after his time had expired, Judge Gordon reprimanded him swiftly.
    Tracey Tully, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
  • BoF interviewed 14 current and former Lululemon employees, who claimed they were passed over for promotions, reprimanded and in some cases, unjustifiably fired.
    Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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