excoriation

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Activist investor Nelson Peltz’s excoriation of Iger’s decision to load up on content for the streaming wars by buying Rupert Murdoch’s TV and movie studios and other entertainment assets has touched off a spirited debate.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2023

Ramogi Huma, a former college football player, had been at a Justice Department lectern for eight seconds when he began an excoriation of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2021

Writing in the November 22 issue of NME, Charles Shaar Murray continued the excoriation: "Lennon and Ono appear on the cover clamped in a passionate embrace," Murray writes.

From Salon • Dec. 12, 2020

It echoed a similar excoriation by Michelle Obama, the former first lady, two days earlier.

From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2020

Perhaps Riddle felt the sting of his public excoriation.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand