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chid

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verb (2)

variants or chided
past tense of chide

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During filming, Turner chided Swarts, and dismissed her in the next rose ceremony. Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025 Scottie Scheffler isn’t the only one getting chided. Alec Lewis, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
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Scottie Scheffler isn’t the only one getting chided. Alec Lewis, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025 Some of the boys’ family members chided Salgado for running from the crash scene and not stopping to help the boys after the crash. City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chide

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“Chide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chide. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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