as in to criticize
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House Democrats swiftly criticized the Senate.—
Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2025
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Bibelheimer also had good reason to criticize the film, as Ferrell’s portrayal of her was wildly at odds with the truth.—
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Predictably, Khomeini fulminated about Carter’s visit.—
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As for fighting the Trump pressure campaign, even politicians as ambitious as Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker are mostly left to file lawsuits — and fulminate.—
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Even though that is what happened, Vance chided the media for casting the incident that way.—
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The two have long been political archenemies going back to Trump’s first term, with Pritzker chiding Trump over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic while the president’s supporters have accused the Democratic governor of taking too strict of measures with COVID mitigations.—
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In 2022, Manhattan Federal Judge Jed Rakoff, who presided over both trials, decided The Times was not liable for defamation while jurors were deliberating, that the error amounted to unfortunate editorializing but not libel.—
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As a new, inexpensive Chevrolet appeared in 1927 and The Dearborn Independent was sued for libeling a number of Jewish businessmen, Ford threw in the towel and apologized.—
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Chu also chastised Seibold, the finance executive, for failing to change the month-to-month loan balances on the falsified records.—
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Equally concerning to democracy defenders is its rhetoric chastising European democracies and apparent willingness to elevate political parties in Europe that reject human rights.—
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Jerry Jones slandered my name to Cowboys media and national media for months.—
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Dos Passos left Spain, but Hemingway didn’t let up, slandering him in print for a good while after.—
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Administration officials say the lower court judges rebuking them are the ones who are lawless and a threat to the nation.—
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The post is the latest in a series of public rebukes Young has aimed at Trump over the years.—
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Performers have been reprimanded for making racist, sexist and homophobic jokes during shows in the late 1990s and 2000s, according to Westword, and Stock Show officials were quick to apologize.—
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His popularity in other corners was evident in an October appearance on The View, in which cohost Whoopi Goldberg had to reprimand the audience for shouting out too many supportive exclamations.—
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“Lash (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lash%20%28out%29. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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