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as in to scold
to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings
the director lambasted them mercilessly for forgetting their lines during the final dress rehearsal
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as in to attack
to criticize harshly and usually publicly
movie critics across the country lambasted the film for its contrived plot
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as in to lick
to strike repeatedly
like all westerns, this movie contains the requisite scene of saloon patrons lambasting each other
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Recent Examples of lambaste
During the public comment period, residents both praised and lambasted the mayor.
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Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2024
The Trump campaign upped that critique Wednesday, lambasting Democrats’ handling of Iran and the Middle East.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
Like Dahmer before it, Murphy’s production has already stumbled into controversy for its subject matter, which has been lambasted on social media.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
Trump’s critics lambasted him over his rhetoric toward Cheney, who has campaigned alongside Harris ahead of Election Day.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024
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Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2024
The Trump campaign upped that critique Wednesday, lambasting Democrats’ handling of Iran and the Middle East.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
Like Dahmer before it, Murphy’s production has already stumbled into controversy for its subject matter, which has been lambasted on social media.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
Trump’s critics lambasted him over his rhetoric toward Cheney, who has campaigned alongside Harris ahead of Election Day.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024
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Still, watching Hannah scold him about everything, from 401(k)s to boiling water to phone bills, from ordering him to walk a dog that doesn’t belong to him to telling him that riding hotel pool furniture would give her the ick, was painful.Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 31 Oct. 2024
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Dolores returns to scold her grandson for badmouthing her during the show’s Día de los Muertos episode, which airs on NBC on Friday, Oct. 25.Brendan Le, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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Just two years prior, the NFL team had shelled out more than $1.4 million trying to get Becker elected mayor, and another roughly $1 million attacking Mayor Lisa Gillmor.Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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An investigation from DePaul University and the Chicago Police Department is underway after two Jewish students who were visibly showing their support for Israel were attacked on the university’s Lincoln Park campus.NBC Chicago, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Most other social mammals groom by licking, but primates are unique among tetrapod vertebrates in our reliance on hands and feet for tasks many other taxa use their faces for, says Borths.Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 21 Nov. 2024
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Zia was licking herself and developing hotspots from itchiness.Jen McCaffery, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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They even get lectured by parents for breaking rules — but that doesn't stop them from finding a spaceship buried in the nearby woods.Christian Holub, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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The whole thing reads as if it is being delivered by someone looking down over their glasses with their hands on their hips like a parent lecturing a child.Roger Valdez, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Gusts up to 60 mph slammed western Oregon and Northern California endured gusts up to 80 mph.Mary Gilbert, CNN, 20 Nov. 2024
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Police Benefit Association President Patrick Hendry also slammed the criminal justice system during the news conference and said NYPD officers are tired of being assaulted.Christina Shaw, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2024
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Shout out to our friends at TMZ who did the most insightful original reporting.Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2024
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Local health officials are working to reach everyone who may have had contact with the infected individual, and they are expected to do so in this case, said Preston Merchant, a spokesman for the San Mateo County health department.Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
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Thao, the first Hmong American mayor to lead a major American city, was criticized shortly after taking office for letting go of a police chief and taking months to replace him.Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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But the group has largely been shy about criticizing Trump openly.Peter Green, Quartz, 9 Nov. 2024
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At the time, physicians and nurses excoriated HCA because of the impact on residents in East San Jose, who would be forced to travel longer distances to receive care for more serious procedures.Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024
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So obviously Ring got excoriated by all of the big privacy advocates.Lauren Goode, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
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