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When an aide briefed Ghalibaf on the president’s comment, he turned to chide his U.S. counterpart, JD Vance, people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 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

But it’s clear that we’re in a new frontier of public behavior… and that it might be more difficult—and more dangerous—to chide our neighbors.

From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2023

He then went on to chide Jefferson for talking like an old man.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

When Teng feels that including a photo of dead children violates their dignity, Perlmutter chides her, insisting that their obligation is to show Americans what their tax dollars are funding.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

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

He pleads with Tami to see the new Marvel movie, and whenever anyone begins to talk about it, he chides them for spoilers instead of engaging in conversation.

From Salon ● May 12, 2025

On the doo-wop-influenced “Somebody Knew,” he chides himself for the foolish choices that led to a lost love.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2024

“She is very pretty,” Bando chides and sets his pace to mine.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

Ministers have said the policy, which could be worth as much as £20 a week per chid, was unaffordable and always time-limited.

From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2024

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

From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2022

Bell’s current list of charities covers a staggering amount of ground: animal rights, prostate cancer, stem cell donation, Alzheimer’s disease, international child hunger, domestic chid poverty and young mothers raised in foster care.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 26, 2018

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

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2014

Cassidy--who was in splendid military garb, which made his stalwart figure look like a modern Mars--had joined them on their entry; and chid them severely now for daring to be suspicious of Mr. Crosbie.

From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield

Korner chided the prosecution for "wholesale dumping" of documents and urged the parties to work together to reduce the size of the case file.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 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

For a recurring exhibition that is often chided for its deafening, in-your-face messaging, this edition of the show is all but silent; for a show that’s known—almost famous—for generating controversy, this outing is entirely anodyne.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 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

“Lazybones,” she chided as she slid out of bed onto the cool floor and hunted for her slippers and her shawl.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

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

To be scolded and chidden, and told that she did not deserve such a true lover as Owen, was such happiness as she could not be grateful enough for!

From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 by Frances Eleanor Trollope

He thought of her as she had come to distribute words of comfort, binding up the wounds of the afflicted, giving meat to the hungry; though her stern husband had chidden her for it.

From What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales by H. W. (Henry William) Dulcken

She was gravely chidden for touching these in wonder, and then she saw other shapes, resembling San Donato, passing rank behind rank in the clouds.

From Stories by American Authors, Volume 7 by Various

Like a child, chidden for some uncomprehended fault, he looked at her, distressed at her condemnation, anxious to atone, wondering if his senses told him true.

From The Unknown Sea by Clemence Housman

Cardinals fans began chiding themselves for ever believing Walker had changed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

It wasn’t long after that moment that Cronin went viral again, this time for chiding a reporter who asked about the Michigan State student section during his postgame interview.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 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

Gigi now starts each video chiding commentators who accuse her of being AI.

From BBC ● Dec. 26, 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