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He suggested it had material useful to Iran’s war effort and seemed to chide China’s leader, Xi Jinping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

Human beings as a whole do not employ the same ethics a responsible newspaper does — though today many of us chide the press solely when the news is unfavorable to our own personal prejudices.

From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2026

It’s time to identify trends, recognize teams that greatly improved and chide those who stood pat or took a step backward.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2025

While they often chide guests for not owning Apple—or enough Apple—they never blame anyone for shunning Nvidia.

From Slate ● Feb. 19, 2024

“Oh, yes! Every bit of it himself, and neglecting the land sometimes to do it, so that Sivaji had often to chide him, although he is a good man for a Zemindari agent.”

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

Epstein advises him on the sale of his healthcare business, and chides him for not being careful enough in checking out the background of a new contact.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026

Like Mustafa tells Mary after he chides her Arabic phrase book, “If it’s important for you, necessary, then the words get power. And like magic, you learn it.”

From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2025

“Jesus belongs to the Herdmans just as much as anyone else,” she chides her daughter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2024

She grows increasingly obsessed with the missing girl, and then with Cleo, who chides Maddie, perhaps from the grave, for missing the big picture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2024

“Oh Eugenia,” Mother chides and pats my hand.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

Elvis Presley's iconic Graceland mansion will stay in the family after the death of his only chid, Lisa Marie Presley.

From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2023

Fed up and enraged, the king angrily chid, “Wear your armor all day, like the dasypodid!”

From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2022

“Your just a big chid an won’t let me have a life!”

From The Guardian ● Oct. 31, 2019

“My refusing to eat Flesh occasioned an Inconveniency,” Franklin later recalled, “and I was frequently chid for my singularity.”

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2014

By refusing to eat meat, Franklin occasioned a good deal of inconvenience; and he was frequently chid for his singularity.

From The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes by Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) Goodrich

Another oncologist chided the FDA for failing to establish a precise benchmark for determining what constitutes a benefit of “large magnitude.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

In an apparent acknowledgment that his plans are grandiose, Son chided modern business leaders for failing to talk about big visions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

In the first week of trial, she chided Musk for recent posts to his social media platform X, in which he spoke disparagingly of OpenAI and Sam Altman, whom he referred to as "Scam Altman".

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

He started reading the Harry Potter books on top of his historical biographies and conservative magazines, and chided me for acting like I was too cool for Hogwarts.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025

Skarpi chided as though talking to a small child.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Helen Burns asked some slight question about her work of Miss Smith, was chidden for the triviality of the inquiry, returned to her place, and smiled at me as she again went by.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Thomas, who had sat by, flushed and silent since I had chidden him for blubbering, picked up the torn jacket I had stripped from Ellen's shoulders, and disappeared behind the tree.

From Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman by Willie Walker Caldwell

Pocket had never touched his tea; he was very gently chidden for that.

From The Camera Fiend by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung

I could no more hold his eyes than I could have held those of a chidden dog.

From In Accordance with the Evidence by Oliver [pseud.] Onions

“Were you wanting me, papa?” said Jean, feeling more and more like the childish culprit that was to be chidden first and then forgiven.

From The Twa Miss Dawsons by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson

Gallrein ended by chiding reporters: “Be fair and balanced, can we do that?”

From Slate ● May 19, 2026

We still play cards and games together while chiding each other.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

The characters were pricklier and more restless than I remembered, and Alcott’s voice—good-natured but chiding, unsentimental—was a revelation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026

But it was Bowen Yang’s return as Chinese trade minister Chen Biao that won the night, chiding Americans over Trump’s ongoing trade war.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2025

I have spent the remainder of the day, when unengaged, in complaint, each officer chiding me and sending me away.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson