lambaste
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It’s one thing for Mamdani supporters to imbibe “eat the rich” rhetoric, it’s another to lambaste small-time shopkeepers as greedy exploiters when they are the backbone of neighborhood food provision and cultural cohesion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Gaetz, as a man, appears to be widely detested by his former colleagues, given the number willing to publicly lambaste him.
From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2024
I arranged the interview because I wanted to check in on a politician I’ve been friendly with for years yet didn’t hesitate to lambaste after her accident.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
No—Ackman’s saved his invective to lambaste perceived wrongdoings at Harvard, instead.
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2023
Now, ef you want me to lambaste ye, I'm the man to do it, an' do it hahnsome.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 by Various
Schwab’s recent correspondence lambasts the Forum’s board for deploying money and using advisers to diminish his legacy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
In his 1989 journal article "Feminism, the Body, and the Machine," Berry lambasts the era's burgeoning tech revolution with jarring prescience:
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2023
JJ, for instance, lambasts his dad for committing “human rights violations” and the senior Shaft complains about his son’s taste for exposed brick and coconut water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2019
No punishment for Hearts, says SPL Brown focuses on Division One future Brown to continue as Dundee boss Brown lambasts penalty decision 43.
From BBC ● May 21, 2013
Jimmy Adams, the president of the Federation of International Cricketers, lambasts the ICC over its alleged interference in the voting for the players' representative on the ICC's own cricket committee.
From The Guardian ● May 7, 2013
It was then that Tuchel may well have given the game away when he heaped praise on England's mentality but lambasted their lack of quality.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
David spoke about the outrageous audition process for “Curb,” wherein actors tried to navigate a brief written scenario without any dialogue to guide them as David lambasted them in character.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2026
Some customers have lambasted the bots on social media, while others prefer them to a garbled voice squawking from a speaker box.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
In 2019, he publicly lambasted authorities for their handling of the pro-democracy protests.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
He everlastin’ly lambasted them keys, and knocked the lights plumb outen that pore instrument.
From Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher by Eleanor Gates
Instead, Pelley interrupted Bilton early in his remarks, questioning the producer’s qualifications and lambasting Weiss’s leadership decisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
Occasionally, he has had heated arguments with the media, lambasting outlets for "misplacing" their focus.
From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026
"On the way out, some of the prisoners came out of their cells and started lambasting the away side for losing the game," Tony says.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
Last weekend, MCU fans, Pascal punks and journalists alike spent their afternoons lambasting the millionth time Pascal has been asked about the “Daddy” title the internet hoisted onto him.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2025
Among the letters lambasting McCandless, virtually all those I received mentioned his misidentification of the caribou as proof that he didn’t know the first thing about surviving in the back- country.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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