as in to criticize
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Raman wasn’t endorsed by any of her colleagues on the City Council, and she has been criticized by some community leaders in her district for not paying close enough attention to their concerns.—
Noah Goldberg,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026 -
The Grand Prix has been criticized as a processional where Saturday hot laps decide the result.—
Sahil Kapur,
NBC news,
7 June 2026
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Some neighbors fulminated against the university, arguing that the extra events would bring more noise and traffic, and that the property tax-exempt institution would not pay its fair share.—
Shun Graves,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
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Predictably, Khomeini fulminated about Carter’s visit.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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In his own acceptance speech (via NME), Yorke chided the current state of the music industry and its over-reliance on streaming services and playlists.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
22 May 2026
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Diesel seemed to struggle to get through his emotional Cannes speech and at one point playfully chided himself for crying.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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In 2022, Manhattan Federal Judge Jed Rakoff, who presided over both trials, decided The Times was not liable for defamation while jurors were deliberating, that the error amounted to unfortunate editorializing but not libel.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2025
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As a new, inexpensive Chevrolet appeared in 1927 and The Dearborn Independent was sued for libeling a number of Jewish businessmen, Ford threw in the towel and apologized.—
George Pendle,
airmail.news,
15 Mar. 2025
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One of America’s best legal thinkers had just been chastised like a farm animal.—
Rob Wolfe,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
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Still, Coleman said some fans have chastised her for sharing photos with Bleu, who married his wife, Sasha Clements, in 2016.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
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Well, to slander their enemies.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Apr. 2026
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Let evil recoil on those who slander Kendra; in your faithfulness destroy them.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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That notion was publicly rebuked by the Finnish federation on Wednesday.—
Chris Johnston,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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Following the Iran vote, top Republicans were also rebuked on a measure to provide aid to Ukraine.—
Claudia Grisales,
NPR,
3 June 2026
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Earlier this week, Scott Agness claimed his press credentials were revoked by the team after his reporting led to the WNBA reprimanding the Fever for not being transparent about Clark’s health status during a game on May 20.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
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Behind closed doors, ProPublica revealed, the majority-Republican state Supreme Court quashed the commission’s recommendations that two Republican judges who’d admitted to committing egregious conduct violations be publicly reprimanded.—
Doug Bock Clark,
ProPublica,
5 June 2026
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“Lash (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lash%20%28out%29. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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