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

She said she will "play it by ear" when it comes to lecturing in the coming years.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

There’s the diner scene in which Al Pacino and Robert De Niro are on screen together for the first time, lecturing each about how “you can’t change me.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

Yes, the company is working with the Ngāi Tahu Research Centre, whose 18 researchers and lecturing staff foster Indigenous scholarship.

From Slate • Aug. 8, 2025

Usually I ignored his lecturing but today I was gripped by it, and by this strange, thirsty terrain.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover