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These omissions feel particularly glaring in light of how Aly excoriates the scholars of the era for viewing the islanders as history-less primitives who simply “died out” after contact with the modern world.

From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2023

Joyce also excoriates the religious and political leaders tasked with addressing the needs of the Irish in the figures of Father John Conmee and the British Viceroy.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2022

But Clegg, who started working for Harris in 2008, said there is a difference between a tough boss and one who excoriates staff.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2021

Just to alert you, my first published novel excoriates The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2021

Ordinarily, no discharge occurs at first from the nasal surface, but as the disease continues, if the type remain severe, defluxion of thin muco-pus takes place from the Schneiderian surface, which frequently excoriates the cheek.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various