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upbraiding

noun as in admonition

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noun as in tongue-lashing

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Following an uproar, that action was reversed within a day, but it raised suspicions that it was undertaken to punish Mainers for their Democratic governor’s public upbraiding of Trump at a Washington meeting.

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That sort of upbraiding from a judge before trial has even begun should chill any trial lawyer to the bone.

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“Some of those folks deserved an upbraiding,” said Dr. Gillespie, 44, the Emory professor.

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His critics say he’s made a career of upbraiding Black people to white audiences.

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Another video shows Matsumoto upbraiding a man in a white van.

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