castigating

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Even when the motive isn’t noble, though, there’s no more use castigating young social media influencers in 2024 than there has been in the past century of aspiring film and TV stars.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2024

So he decided, "out of curiosity," to look into the books they were castigating.

From Salon • Oct. 10, 2023

He also sparred with the Russian military leadership, castigating them and mocking them, adding a larger-than-life character to the Bakhmut narrative.

From New York Times • May 22, 2023

On the left, meanwhile, publicly castigating the big asset managers on ESG, including calling for senior executives to resign, risks creating a bunker mentality that could lead the firms to disengage from the broader debate.

From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2023

She went on in that vein for a while, castigating herself.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides