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berating

adjective as in faultfinding

noun as in admonition

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noun as in scolding

noun as in tongue-lashing

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Republicans were also able to sow division among Democrats, who ought to be celebrating sweeping recent state elections but are instead at each other's throats -- with the furious progressive base berating the leadership for folding.

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After berating them for several minutes, he threw the sandwich at close range.

After the footage of her berating fellow councillors and using expletives was leaked to the Guardian earlier this month, Ms Kemkaran said the culprits had committed an act of "treachery".

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Video footage shows Rivas and others berating the officers for complicity in what they called a “kidnapping.”

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The following day, a 2021 video emerged of Porter berating a staffer who corrected her about electric vehicle information she was discussing with a member of the Biden administration.

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