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as in to scold
to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings
a tyrannical father who used the dinner hour to baste his children for their many perceived shortcomings
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as in to lick
to strike repeatedly
basted the thief with a stick while he cried out for help
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Recent Examples of baste
Known as a clothing fixer, micro stitch tool, or basting gun, this lightweight gadget of many names doesn’t require batteries, electricity, or a bulky sewing machine to quick-fix popped stitches.
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Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 May 2025
Total Time: 55 mins Servings: 2 You were probably taught to cook a steak like most people: ripping hot cast-iron pan, hard sear on both sides, maybe a little butter basting.
—Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 28 Jan. 2025
Continue baking, basting the chicken frequently, until the chicken is golden brown and shiny on top, about 45 minutes.
—Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins With Sarah Leah Chase, Saveur, 2 Apr. 2025
Or, put slightly more crudely: If IUI is essentially a more effective version of the turkey-baster method, then IUI with Clomid is like basting several turkeys.
—Ashley Parker, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2025
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Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 May 2025
Total Time: 55 mins Servings: 2 You were probably taught to cook a steak like most people: ripping hot cast-iron pan, hard sear on both sides, maybe a little butter basting.
—Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 28 Jan. 2025
Continue baking, basting the chicken frequently, until the chicken is golden brown and shiny on top, about 45 minutes.
—Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins With Sarah Leah Chase, Saveur, 2 Apr. 2025
Or, put slightly more crudely: If IUI is essentially a more effective version of the turkey-baster method, then IUI with Clomid is like basting several turkeys.
—Ashley Parker, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for baste
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Paul Krugman has referred to deficit hawks as ‘deficit scolds’, because the spend more time warning about the dangers of the deficit than fixing it.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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Musk and Gor reportedly clashed in Cabinet meetings where Musk scolded Gor over personnel disagreements in recent months.—
Ally Goelz,
The Washington Examiner,
19 June 2025
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In the video, the mother dog stays close to her pup, licking him and standing over him protectively.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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While her Nickelodeon and Disney peers have seemingly all had at least one major scandal to their names (ranging from incessant twerking and licking unpurchased donuts to near-fatal overdoses), Palmer’s celebrity was, in part, defined by her lack of verifiable scandals.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
25 June 2025
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Amy Lieberman, a politics and society editor at The Conversation U.S., spoke with Lincoln Mitchell, a political strategy and campaign specialist who lectures at Columbia University, to understand what Mamdani’s primary win might indicate about the direction of national politics.—
Lincoln Mitchell,
The Conversation,
27 June 2025
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DuVernay presents the inhumanity of the situation without lecturing the audience or patronizing the subjects, instead providing an honest portrait of the fear, hope, and lost time that the Central Park Five experienced as the result of a profoundly broken justice system.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
26 June 2025
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The green laser shows you where dust might be hiding on your floors, and the LCD screen will tell you about the particle sizes down to the micron.—
Nena Farrell,
Wired News,
8 July 2025
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Such a deal is not going to bring about North Korea’s denuclearization, of course, and Pyongyang will likely attempt to cheat by hiding some of its nuclear facilities.—
ANDREI LANKOV,
Foreign Affairs,
8 July 2025
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Dan Baltic, a co-founder in New Ritual Press and one of tonight’s readers, remembers being reprimanded in 2019 in a writing workshop by a woman who was appalled by the alt-right protagonist of his debut novel, Nutcrankr.—
John McDermott,
Rolling Stone,
6 July 2025
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Though city reprimanded the protesters, the group dissolved shortly after.—
Calista Oetama
July 3,
Sacbee.com,
3 July 2025
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In one particularly jarring example, under threat of being unplugged, Anthropic’s latest creation Claude 4 lashed back by blackmailing an engineer and threatened to reveal an extramarital affair.—
Thomas Urbain,
Fortune,
29 June 2025
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The president also lashed out at economists who predicted his administration’s tariffs could cause a recession.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
28 June 2025
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At a time when establishing clarity of first principles has never been more urgent, UF’s law school practically dared anyone to criticize the award for whitewashing the Constitution.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2025
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In his post, the New York state Assemblymember criticized online trolls for targeting Duwaji during his mayoral campaign.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
26 June 2025
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An Italian meringue involves carefully and slowly drizzling a hot sugar syrup into egg whites while whipping them.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
3 July 2025
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The comet will also whip by Mars on October 2 at 18 million miles (30 million kilometers) from the red planet.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
3 July 2025
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“Baste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baste. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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