lecturing

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Both the Pentagon and the Vatican denied a report, published in the Free Press last week, that the meeting was tense, with Colby lecturing the cardinal on U.S. military power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

It wasn’t just coaches lecturing, but also players speaking up.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2025

Mr Foster taught English language at the International Study Centre, affiliated to the University of Lincoln, for eight years, before lecturing for four years at the university's business school.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025

Another supervisor came out and tried to defuse the situation, half lecturing, half sympathizing.

From Slate • Oct. 10, 2025

The idea of this creature solemnly lecturing him— him—about the social order was really too grotesque.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley