admonish
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The home-plate umpire paused the game to admonish Santana for coming set before Caballero was looking at him, a transgression that could result in an automatic ball being added to the count.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
"We stayed to guard our soil," her daughter Najat al-Nour, a Quran professor in her fifties who lifted her chin high to admonish those who left.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
He’d later gently admonish a request for the Velvet Underground’s “Venus In Furs,” explaining that there was no way he could play it without a viola.
From Salon ● May 27, 2025
But Mr Costello's testimony was contradicted by his own emails, and in an unusual and chaotic moment, a furious Justice Merchan cleared the courtroom so he could admonish Costello about his behaviour on the stand.
From BBC ● May 30, 2024
The man in the grey suit does not admonish him for calling.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
“NEVER attempt to remove a crab from its sea shell,” the sheet admonishes.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2025
“Shame on you, Tiffany,” she admonishes herself now.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2024
The league sometimes admits mistakes and admonishes referees.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
Here she admonishes women of means who struggle to breastfeed.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 2, 2023
The kindness gives way a moment when he snaps his fingers and curtly admonishes the guardias for not putting out chairs for his guests.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
Keaton reportedly confronted the teenage fans and admonished them during the game.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Russell, too, was admonished by Wolff when he made a sarcastic comment about the location at which Antonelli had chosen to give back the lead after skipping the chicane.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
Connolly has been admonished three times by the California Commission on Judicial Performance, most recently in 2021, for two incidents.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
They did hear testimony from an anti–death penalty lawyer who was admonished for testing DNA on a water bottle without the person’s permission.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2026
“There are three ladies present, sugah,” Lillian admonished, “and two gentlemen in waiting.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Robert Mueller, who ran the FBI from 2001 to 2013, was known to adhere to Hoover’s G-man dress code of white shirts and dark suits, admonishing agents who wore something more colorful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
And on Sunday, he was admonishing himself for it.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025
He seemed world-wise and encouraged my aspirations as a writer, admonishing me to always “write my truth.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2025
Spencer was years ahead of other Republicans in admonishing the GOP to be more welcoming to Latinos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2025
“Then I suggest you begin at once,” admonished the Dodecahedron from his admonishing face, “for here in Digitopolis everything is quite precise.”
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
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