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chided

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Simple past tense of chide

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Irked by Warren's criticisms of the deal Obama chided his long-time ally for being a "politician" who was making "arguments" that "don't stand the test of fact and scrutiny".

Over the years, and in just about equal measure, critics have either chided the BBFC for being too liberal or too draconian.

Its leader, Sir Albert Bore, was chided by Heseltine, "You are not going to stand for this are you?" Bore immediately began talks with his own Midlands neighbours.

Related: Labour to fight any attempt by Cameron to declare victory without a majority The prime minister also sought to say there would be a moral dimension to a Tory government as he praised the member of the Question Time audience who chided him for failing to talk enough about this.

When he found out that Gordon had talked to Nascar about the rule change beforehand, Hamlin also chided him on Twitter.

A decorated tank commander, he commemorated the Argentine dead at a service following the Falklands war; he produced "Faith in the City", a left-wing tract on urban blight; and he chided the government for demonising its opponents.

Several times the prosecutor taking his deposition chided him to name "someone who's alive", say lawyers for the victims.

Some liberals may have chided Harry Oppenheimer for his too-quiet opposition, and complained that his miners were often brutally treated by their unliberal overseers.

At the Copenhagen summit on climate change in December, officials from Quebec publicly chided their counterparts from Alberta over their failure to reduce carbon emissions from the tar sands in the western province.

Foreign Office mandarins have been chided by Mr Cameron to do more to promote trade; by Tory MPs for counselling surrender to Brussels; and by the press for bungling the evacuation of Britons from Libya.Prime ministers have grumbled about elites before.

Vietnam's Communist government is often chided for its tight repression and the absence of democracy.

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