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chid

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verb (2)

variants or chided
past tense of chide

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Ahead of their set, bandleader Marcus Mumford sat down with Fallon for an interview and playfully chided him for his short intro at the anniversary event. Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025 The vice president chided Denmark for its shabby treatment of Greenlanders, saying that only the United States would protect them. Mark Landler, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Conservative pundits, perhaps unsurprisingly, criticized her message (and its emotional delivery); other commenters chided her for the seeming theatricality of filming her distress. Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2025 Furthermore, anyone not on the bandwagon is chided as being out of touch. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Mar. 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 23 May. 2025.

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