lambasted

past tense of lambaste
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Recent Examples of lambasted The film was released to disappointing box office numbers, and Berkley was personally lambasted in the press. Kristen O'Brien, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025 The defending Super Bowl champs went to New York and got lambasted by the upstart Giants, led by running back Cam Skattebo, 34-17. Chris Branch, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 Canceling comedians the president has lambasted is only a start. Elizabeth Shackelford, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025 Kimmel also lambasted Carr for his threats. Chad De Guzman, Time, 24 Sep. 2025 The event was not an occasion for diplomacy, at least for the American president, who lambasted the other heads of state present over issues including immigration and climate change. Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 23 Sep. 2025 Trump has lambasted Fed Chair Jerome Powell for months, attempted – unsuccessfully – to oust Governor Lisa Cook, and this week saw his economic adviser, Stephen Miran, sworn in as a Fed governor. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025 Kirk was a controversial figure who was lambasted by his critics for his rhetoric, which some saw as being racist and divisive. Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Sep. 2025 Trump and other top officials, including Attorney General Pam Bondi, have lambasted the cities as out of control. Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lambasted
Verb
  • Rachel Dratch scolded Jimmy Fallon and Horatio Sanz for laughing while rehearsing the original Debbie Downer sketch on Saturday Night Live.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
  • There, she is repeatedly scolded, first by a testy parking attendant (Mark Stolzenberg), and then by a doctor (Bronstein), who warns Linda of consequences if her daughter doesn’t soon reach her target weight of fifty pounds.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Late Saturday and early Sunday, Russia attacked Ukraine’s power grid in an aim to degrade Ukrainian energy infrastructure ahead of winter.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2025
  • In August 2023, he was attacked by three fellow inmates, sustaining neck injuries that required medical treatment.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In a post-draft interview on the Bills’ flagship radio station WGR 550-AM, Beane lashed out at the hosts for criticizing his lack of attention to wide receiver throughout the offseason.
    Tim Graham, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Andy lashed the feet tightly and then grabbed the loose end of the rope.
    Bob Cary, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Augusta was a devout Christian who often lectured the Bible to her sons and blamed alcohol and women for the evils of the world, per the outlet.
    Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Clarke and his business partner sold photographs and films, wrote and lectured about their adventures, and began treasure hunting.
    Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The View cohosts slammed the ongoing government shutdown.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Posting on social media, people slammed the Democrat for attending a family friend's wedding abroad on October 9, just two days before a state of emergency was declared on October 11 due to the floods.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Mavericks pounded tables and stomped their feet.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Storms have already pounded the Outer Banks this year, and Porter warned there could be less natural barriers like sand dunes to block the relentless waves.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Turnage was not disciplined or reprimanded in connection with the investigation, according to the lawsuit.
    Miami Herald, Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The president of the statewide North Carolina education system publicly reprimanded UNC’s Board of Trustees for their meddling weeks after Belichick’s hiring, and temporarily stripped the board of some authority.
    The Athletic Colleges staff, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Hostages and Missing Families Forum criticized Hamas earlier in the day for releasing only four of the 28 confirmed deceased hostages, calling it a breach of the agreement.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • And while the council does have the power to reject commissioners, Jenkins’ move was scathingly criticized by the Coalition for Police Accountability, an advocacy group that first lobbied to establish the oversight body.
    Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025

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