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remonstrate

[ri-mon-streyt] / rɪˈmɒn streɪt /


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Despite its military prowess, Sparta lacked strategic depth; its king, Archidamus II, therefore urged his countrymen to remonstrate with the Athenians, to buy time while recruiting other distant powers to their side.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Ten Hag appeared to accept he was wrong to remonstrate.

From Washington Times • Nov. 11, 2023

The article’s sensational headline read, “Raving Private Ryan! Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson remonstrate with a red carpet staffer as they attend the 76th Cannes Film Festival premiere of Asteroid City.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2023

Wales led 22-3 at half-time with Italy coach Kieran Crowley attempting to remonstrate with the officials as they left the field.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2023

You remonstrate: “The answer’s not X but Y. You forgot to take account of this or that.”

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos