scold
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Medicine and public health have long communicated like a scold, especially about women’s bodies.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
It could have even been to scold Russian President Vladimir Putin.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
"I really want to give it up. Every day I scold myself and tell myself to quit: no more, no more."
From Barron's ● May 31, 2026
"Now I'm braver, so I go along with it when they scold me."
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2025
Sass did not even have the energy to scold me when I let the ghee boil over into the fire or forgot to sweep the courtyard.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
Social media is full of scolds criticizing men who walk ahead of their partners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
"You should have been united and thought in a politically intelligent way to ensure we got one or two women elected," she scolds the women.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026
Even the human resources scolds; yes, you might even miss the human resources department, if it were gone.
From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2025
He scolds his countrymen and wears a sweater like a hairshirt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2024
They will remember the way the wind pulls them, tugs them, scolds, and carves them.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
Novelist Dame Jilly Cooper scolded the team behind Rivals and told them to stop making her "macho men" cry on screen, an executive producer on the show has said.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
In the denial, the patent commissioner scolded Hunt for allowing “his discovery to slumber” for so long, saying he submitted an application only to “strangle” someone else’s invention, presumably Howe’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has scolded reporters who ask basic questions about the war’s justification or objectives.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026
In Zambrano’s case, Gee scolded the government over how the detention unfolded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
“Nope, nope, nope,” he scolded as he handed it to Penelope.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
The scolding scribes want to cast the choice as either human or not, black or white.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The announcement also follows previous comments from Grande scolding people to “be gentler and less comfortable commenting on people’s bodies.”
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
The other man, after getting to his feet, appears to continue scolding Ritchson before the actor and his family drive off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026
But the dentist scolding you for not flossing more often may not own the business anymore.
From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2026
Uncle Moshe would be scolding me right now.
From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz
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