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Instead, Portman has upbraided Trump repeatedly, and his campaign recently sent aides to search for potential supporters at Hillary Clinton rallies.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2016

He has upbraided team-mates for sub-standard displays and encouraged coaches to be open to input from players.

From The Guardian • Mar. 4, 2013

Red-faced and quizzical, he has upbraided the Justice Department's lawyers time & again for "shilly-shallying," "going backwards," confusing the issues and wasting the court's time.

From Time Magazine Archive

She has upbraided me for entering your chamber when you were sick.

From The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by Sparks, William Henry

Never a one has upbraided me; never a one has told me he was sorry he had heard me and been led to go.

From A Minstrel in France by Lauder, Harry, Sir