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They also have reprimanded Waste Connections, the landfill’s owner, for failing to report the leaks when they first occurred and for not providing area residents with air quality data.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2024

Dentists who have known him for years have reprimanded him, both publicly and privately.

From Washington Post • Jul. 20, 2021

It should have drawn an immediate unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty, and the league should have fined him $100,000, not just $11,000 — and the Seahawks should have reprimanded him as well!

From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2014

Senior prosecutors across the city insist they have reprimanded subordinates whose actions have resulted in wrongful convictions and have used such cases to guide how all staffers are trained.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2013

"I have reprimanded him when compelled to do so by his utter disregard of what is right."

From Frank Merriwell's Chums by Standish, Burt L.