as in to criticize
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Local and state officials criticized the immigration operation in the area Friday.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025 -
Leipold said after a long pause, referencing fines for criticizing officiating.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
2 Nov. 2025
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In August, Ben-Gvir released a video of himself berating a visibly frail Barghouti in his cell.—
Karl Vick,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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But just yelling and berating people, done that for eight years.—
Nikki McCann Ramirez,
Rolling Stone,
21 Oct. 2025
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Congressional Republican leaders have even begun blaming him for the federal government shutdown.—
Ben Adler,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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Several reasons were to blame for the scary-low turnout, including a dearth of new releases as well as the misfortune of Halloween landing on a Friday, which meant families were distracted by trick-or-treating.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
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This came after Nick Saban jokingly scolded himself for not fielding Sayin during their weeks-long overlap in 2023’s postseason at Alabama.—
Alex Kirshner,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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This way of peering at screen culture from an inexact distance, which also comes up in a scolding scene where Ethan scrolls aimlessly through something like TikTok, rankles in a play that is otherwise so precise about physical time and space.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Lynx lost that game, and then, with Collier in a boot on the bench and her coach suspended for excoriating the referees in her defense, came up short in the decisive Game Four, too.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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There’s no question Newsom — who had spent months excoriating refiners for gouging consumers on gasoline prices, even calling a special legislative session to impose new regulations — changed his tune after two refineries announced plans to shut down.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
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Zelenskyy walked away from the meeting not only empty-handed, but apparently upbraided by Trump, who said Ukraine should accept Russia’s terms for ending the war — by handing over the entire eastern territory of Donbas, the epicenter of ongoing fighting in Ukraine.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
21 Oct. 2025
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Soon there was an altercation at the front desk, when a Haitian upbraided the American peons about not getting her free stuff fast enough.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
8 Oct. 2025
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Koch was a real-life Nazi war criminal, played here by Krieps, whose sick specialties include flaying the skin off of Jewish people and making objects out of it like lampshades.—
William Earl,
Variety,
4 Oct. 2025
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These include thinning fabric, stretching or sagging, holes, flaying, and heavy pilling.—
Gabi De la Rosa,
Southern Living,
1 July 2025
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Whetstone and Selph faulted the hospitals’ staffing and billing systems with prioritizing speed over accurate care.—
Ciara McCarthy
October 30,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Oct. 2025
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Kittle didn’t fault the 49ers’ defense for an inability to get off the field.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Crucify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crucify. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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