scolded

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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

“Please do not raise your board. We’ve talked about this before,” the chairwoman scolded when Porter tried to hold up a “Financial Services Bingo” card during a 2019 hearing on debt collection.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 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

His ancestor, he said, scolded the British: "You found a port as prosperous as a fine hen -- you took its eggs, plucked its feathers and now you spit its bones back at us."

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

Raps told the story of Pickie being scolded for interrupting his father’s work.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock