castigating

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Upping the ante, Algeria’s official news agency published a statement castigating French secret services as seeking “the definitive break with Algeria.”

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 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

There were similar scenes from West Ham's players at Southampton, castigating Peter Bankes for not ruling out Saints' opener, while Hammers boss David Moyes said the VAR needed "to go to Specsavers".

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2022

In fact, on the same day the congresswoman was castigating Caruso at the debate, Atty.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2022

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

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides