rebuked

past tense of rebuke
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Recent Examples of rebuked Routh has been rebuked several times by Cannon after making unexpected and off-topic comments. Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025 However, a probate court commissioner in Nevada, where the matter was adjudicated, rebuked the effort, after which Rupert Murdoch had signaled an intent to appeal. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025 On Tuesday, Ben-Gvir rebuked Belgium over its intention to recognise a Palestinian State. Callum Sutherland, Time, 2 Sep. 2025 Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling rebuked a Northwest Side alderman who expressed skepticism this week about Chicago’s year-over-year crime declines as the city girds itself ahead of a possible deployment of National Guard troops. Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025 Faculty across the state rebuked it as an infringement on academic freedom and warned of a mass chilling effect on free speech and lecturing on divisive topics. Cate Charron, IndyStar, 28 Aug. 2025 Again, Almánzar rebuked Ellis for allegedly recording and following her. Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2025 However, local leaders have rebuked law enforcement officers’ show of force recorded on camera and spread in viral posts. Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 21 Aug. 2025 Kennedy, a longtime vaccine skeptic who has denounced the Covid-19 vaccines, has been rebuked in recent days by former CDC employees who have been laid off in mass government staffing cuts in recent months. Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebuked
Verb
  • But high motor needs to be an every-night-thing, not only a response when admonished by the coach.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Warning shared, and I’ve been gingerly admonished.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Family matriarch Donna Adelson was scolded by a judge Thursday for weeping in the courtroom after being convicted of orchestrating a 2014 murder-for-hire plot of her former son-in-law, a prominent Florida State University law professor.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Lox's reaction to being scolded.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • San Juan Unified School District Trustee Nick Bloise was formally reprimanded by the board in relation to his behavior during a school site visit.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Geier, who has a bachelor’s degree in biology, has also been reprimanded by the Maryland Board of Physicians for practicing medicine without a medical license.
    Sarah Owermohle, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The two criticized a number of countries, including France, Canada, Australia and others that are set to recognize a Palestinian state ahead of the United Nations General Assembly this month.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Although another wrinkle in this saga, Kuminga's relationship with head coach Steve Kerr, has been criticized by the greater basketball world, Charania and Slater reported that there is no longer a rift.
    Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Vance lectured Zelenskyy and argued the wartime leader hadn’t shown proper gratitude for the billions of dollars in military assistance the United States has given to his country.
    Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
  • We weren’t being lectured to anymore.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Peery has been censured by a Commission of Presbytery.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2025
  • In the first year of the genocide, I was censured and censored on campus.
    Sahar Mustafah August 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • During that interview, Luchin, a distinguished Italian chef known for his expertise in regional cuisine and the former owner of Ottavio restaurant in Walnut Creek, blamed financial struggles after his establishment closed in 2016.
    Doc Louallen, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
  • According to Altman, the most difficult issue the company is grappling with recently is how ChatGPT approaches suicide, in light of a lawsuit from a family who blamed the chatbot for their teenage son's suicide.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Texas chapter of the American Federation of Teachers condemned the TEA’s investigation in a statement Saturday.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Sep. 2025
  • And that should be completely and totally condemned.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025

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“Rebuked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebuked. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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