Example Sentences

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The UK’s data watchdog has reprimanded the Scottish Government and NHS National Services Scotland over their failure to inform people how their personal information is used by the NHS Scotland Covid Status app.

From The Guardian • Feb. 25, 2022

A central government agency tasked with managing Thailand's Covid-19 response has reprimanded a local newspaper for its "poor choice" of headline.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2021

Louisville’s police chief has reprimanded the sergeant who was shot during the raid on Breonna Taylor’s apartment for an email he sent that was critical of department leadership.

From Fox News • Apr. 15, 2021

A federal judge has reprimanded and chastised the special prosecutor pursuing the killer of Assistant U.S.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 6, 2020

I go no farther in this work," said I, "for I have seen a vision that has reprimanded the deed!'

From The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by Hogg, James