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Recent Examples of lambaste Washington — Attorney General Pam Bondi lambasted a federal judge who blocked the enforcement of parts of President Trump's executive action aimed at punishing the law firm Jenner & Block, and accused him of overstepping his authority. Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025 From Monday night into Tuesday, Booker lambasted Trump and his adviser, tech billionaire Elon Musk, who together have dramatically culled the federal workforce and redefined the relationship between the three branches of government. Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025 Trump also lambasted the decision to rename MLB's Cleveland Indians to the Guardians after the end of the 2021 season. Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2025 Since then, talks between the United States, Ukraine, and Russia toward brokering a ceasefire have advanced at a glacial pace, and Trump has repeatedly lambasted Zelensky for allegedly slow-walking the process. Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 23 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lambaste
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lambaste
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  • Today's top stories President Trump scolded Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday after Russia launched a deadly strike on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025
  • That, in the end, is the heart of the spectacle of Noem’s militaristic videos and Leavitt’s scolding and lies.
    Constance Grady, Vox, 25 Apr. 2025
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  • Particularly his ability to do things at such high speed and to help begin attacking moves in his own half.
    Philipp Lahm, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Police are searching for three suspects who were caught on video repeatedly attacking a 61-year-old trans woman outside of her convenience store in Los Angeles’ Westlake neighborhood.
    Abby Monteil, Them., 29 Apr. 2025
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  • She even, no joke, at one point, spits on the stage and licks it back up.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
  • When the family's roast dinner was over, the OP (original poster) set the plates and some pots and pans on the floor for her dog to lick.
    Erin Clack, People.com, 27 Apr. 2025
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  • In an extraordinary break between the two allies, Trump lectured Zelensky on his weak position in negotiations and in the war.
    James Hansen, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • This resilience makes Zelensky’s bristling at being lectured by Vance on his nation’s sacrifice and peril easier to understand.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
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  • The plane slammed into the two-story, single-family homes around 2:10 p.m. – igniting a fire and sending huge plumes of smoke into the air.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
  • In a May 1 speech that mixed politics with the inspirational language typical of commencement addresses, Trump slammed the administration of former President Joe Biden as well as judges blocking his immigration moves.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 3 May 2025
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  • Svalbard is governed by a 1920 treaty that gives over 40 countries, including Russia, China and the U.S., equal rights to live and do business there.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
  • If video game movies, especially those that already push the boundaries between film and television, are to have any longevity in Hollywood, then filmmakers have to do more than simply retell the games.
    Richard Newby, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
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  • Several Democratic members of Congress criticized her firing.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • As a cardinal, Robert Prevost didn’t hesitate to criticize the Trump administration when necessary.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2025
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  • Warner overall excoriated the officials on the text list, some of whom were at the hearing, about the overall lapse in security and the dangers of alienating allies.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Somewhere, Tom Wolfe, who excoriated modern architecture in From Bauhaus to Our House, is smiling.
    Peter Tonguette, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Mar. 2025

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“Lambaste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lambaste. Accessed 13 May. 2025.

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