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Journalists were haranguing Chazov for having signed a 1973 letter that attacked Andrei Sakharov, the dissident Soviet physicist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975.

From Time Magazine Archive

While the Kennedys were haranguing one another with political questions at their Hyannisport table, dinner at Merrywood was often conducted in French.

From Time Magazine Archive

Orators were haranguing the crowds in almost every open space.

From The Invasion by Le Queux, William

The sun was not an hour high when the emissaries of the Railway Union were haranguing the people all along these outlying districts.

From A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike by King, Charles

While these heavy columns were gathering like a storm-cloud in his front Washington and his generals were haranguing their men, entreating them to stay even for a few weeks longer.

From The Campaign of Trenton 1776-77 by Drake, Samuel Adams