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A couple of shots did that in the seventh, but Donovan's use of the head saw him on the end of another scolding and perhaps fortunate not to lose another point.

From BBC

As Rebecca Traister wrote in New York this week, since the election there's been an almost-gleeful flood of scolding from centrist pundits, telling the "woke" left to tone it down and change who we are.

From Salon

No apologies were made to those who didn't need 50 murders to get to the obvious truth, but hey, at least the scolding stopped.

From Salon

He scolds his countrymen and wears a sweater like a hairshirt.

"Women also must take this opportunity to bring men along with us," scolded Kami Rieck at the New York Times, in a column castigating women who are feeling demoralized about dating men.

From Salon

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