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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
The reality star, whose shapewear/clothing brand SKIMS partnered with luxury fashion house Dolce & Gabbana for a new collection, was lambasted on social media for posing in one of the brand's bra and underwear sets while wearing a rosary prominently around her neck.
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Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2024
The Hawaii court also lambasted the nation's highest court for its Second Amendment rulings.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2024
Loading your audio article SANTA CLARA – They got lambasted in Lambeau.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024
In a mini-rally in Austin several hours earlier, Trump lambasted Harris for rallying in Texas without addressing victims of crimes caused by unauthorized migrants.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 25 Oct. 2024
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Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2024
The Hawaii court also lambasted the nation's highest court for its Second Amendment rulings.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2024
Loading your audio article SANTA CLARA – They got lambasted in Lambeau.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024
In a mini-rally in Austin several hours earlier, Trump lambasted Harris for rallying in Texas without addressing victims of crimes caused by unauthorized migrants.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 25 Oct. 2024
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City playmaker Bernardo Silva scolded his teammates for their decision-making late on in the shocking collapse against Manchester United last weekend.Joe Prince-Wright, NBC Sports, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024
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Moulton scolded his party for shutting out opposing opinions and failing to address voters' fears in an opinion article published in the Washington Post at the end of November.Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 17 Dec. 2024
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When the decoys were left in their basic form, they were regularly attacked from below by great whites.Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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In July 2024, 6-year-old Jaxson Dvorak died when his uncle's dogs attacked him in Lorain.Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 30 Dec. 2024
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Another sculpture show London licking a disembodied human hand.Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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And resist the urge to lick your lips when they’re chapped, Davis says.Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024
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No one had ever lectured on such a thing, as far as anyone could recall.Tania Roettger, The Dial, 5 Dec. 2024
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She’s also lectured on the History of Costume in Chicago, and served as an Assistant Costume Curator at the Wellesley Historical Society.thehustle.co, thehustle.co, 1 Nov. 2024
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Nick Jonas interview:Singer reflects on fatherhood, grief while promoting 'The Good Half' Fans slam Nick Jonas for Elon Musk post Several users took to the comments section to criticize Jonas' post, speculating the pop star is a supporter of Musk and his political ally Trump.Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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Despite its popularity, some critics have slammed the show's portrayal of women.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Physicists at the University of Pennsylvania developed a model based on network theory to do just that, describing their work in a February paper published in the journal Physical Review Research.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
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It’s also thought that an internal pick has the ability to hit the ground running, as an external hire would have a lot of learning to do.Kathryn Hopkins, WWD, 30 Dec. 2024
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Bo French, the chairman of the Tarrant County, Texas, GOP, criticized Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Lisa Franchetti, alleging that an emphasis on DEI programs had undermined the military's effectiveness.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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Disney filed a First Amendment lawsuit the following year, arguing that DeSantis and state Republicans had waged a concerted campaign to punish Disney for exercising its speech rights to criticize Florida’s anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Although many far-right Republicans grumbled about the bill from the get-go, Johnson’s problem really began when billionaire Elon Musk launched into a thread on X (formerly known as Twitter) excoriating the deal’s details.Ben Ritz, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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The colorful, outspoken, free-market economist and television personality excoriated the political establishment, while vowing to take a chainsaw to a bloated government, obscene levels of spending and high taxes and to replace the near-worthless peso with the U.S. dollar.Steve Forbes, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Lambaste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lambaste. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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