Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lashed (out)
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No less than a half-dozen GOP senators publicly criticized the Department of Justice for investigating Powell over Hill testimony last year about the Fed headquarters’ renovation.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
13 Jan. 2026 -
The federal government has stepped up operations in Chicago and the Twin Cities, both Democratic strongholds, during the fall and local officials have criticized them for sowing chaos and confusion.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
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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Afterward, Newsom was criticized by Republicans and chided in the news media for not mentioning that the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Office had forecast an $18-billion state budget deficit for the fiscal year beginning July 1.—
George Skelton,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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Even though that is what happened, Vance chided the media for casting the incident that way.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
8 Jan. 2026
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The governments of the three latter nations have now all chastised xAI, with Indonesia going as far as to temporarily block access to Grok.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Chu also chastised Seibold, the finance executive, for failing to change the month-to-month loan balances on the falsified records.—
Samuel O'Neal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Jan. 2026
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Jerry Jones slandered my name to Cowboys media and national media for months.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
1 Jan. 2026
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Dearborn has often been slandered for simply coexisting peacefully, because the truth is, some people are uncomfortable, and frankly upset about seeing church steeples and mosque domes share the same skyline on roads.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Powell rebuked the probe as an effort to undermine the Fed's independence.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Republican senators including Lindsey Graham publicly rebuked him; then–Minority Leader Mitch McConnell privately expressed support for his impeachment, according to some reports.—
Zach Fisch,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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So far, none of the agents involved in the shootings has been publicly suspended or reprimanded.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
14 Jan. 2026
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The question is, since the Maryland SBE has been reprimanded in federal court three times in six years on related issues, what happens when the state continues to refuse to comply with federal law?—
Nicolee Ambrose,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Lashed (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lashed%20%28out%29. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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