scold
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Wigglesworth: I try hard not to be a debt scold, and I’m not worried about an imminent crisis.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Medicine and public health have long communicated like a scold, especially about women’s bodies.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
It could have even been to scold Russian President Vladimir Putin.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
"They mostly expressed how heartbreaking it was for them to see me like that. They didn't scold or criticise me. Their approach was gentle."
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
“Remember how Meta would scold Eusie for leaving his pipe here?”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Maybe you could call it a tea party wokeness, purged of pedants and scolds.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
Americans are funny like that: We tend to feel we know better than pinch-lipped moral scolds what’s best for our lives.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
My 10-year-old daughter now regularly scolds me for my nonrhotic habits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
"You should have been united and thought in a politically intelligent way to ensure we got one or two women elected," she scolds the women.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026
“It wouldn’t hurt to say ‘Good morning’ before you start whinging, Elizabeth,” she scolds.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
“This is nonagendized, Ms. Kruger,” the superintendent scolded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
While accepting the prize, Madonna reminisced about how her manager scolded her backstage at the very first MTV awards show, where she briefly mooned the audience in a performance fumble.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Her sister-in-law, Millicent Sedra, also spoke and scolded women who expect husbands to share housework.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
Novelist Dame Jilly Cooper scolded the team behind Rivals and told them to stop making her "macho men" cry on screen, an executive producer on the show has said.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
Aunt Chipo had often scolded her for speaking without thinking first.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
A bystander video showed Liev Schreiber scolding a female reporter while on the red carpet promoting his Apple TV series “Nocturne.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
The scolding scribes want to cast the choice as either human or not, black or white.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
"I had imagined us being together until we're old, her scolding me until we're old, but now I can't hear her voice any more."
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
They’re like, “You should be out there scolding people who use this term colloquially.”
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Rowdy was barking and whimpering, and Daisy was yelling and scolding.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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