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One was a Feb. 6 report in the Global Times, an English-language publication of the Chinese Communist Party, that the Chinese government had upbraided Tesla for lapses in quality control and consumer relations in China.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2021

Ephie, who, in the interval, had upbraided herself incessantly, was none the less, now the moment had come, about to pass as before—even more frigidly.

From Maurice Guest by Richardson, Henry Handel

Don had upbraided him when the patrol had lost points.

From Don Strong, Patrol Leader by Heyliger, William

Had he not been thinking of her and of her pleasure at the very moment when she had upbraided him for his lack of interest in the Alien?

From The Doctor's Wife by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

The night after the dinner at the Manor he had upbraided me for telling Marcia the story of his bout with Sagorski.

From Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment by Gibbs, George