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- noun Plural form of
castigation .
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Examples
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In addition, Israel did declare shortly before the war that there were no WMD in Iraq, and privately, Sharon warned Bush against it (as a real ally should - as opposed to the public castigations of supposed allies like France).
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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The Lightwoods werent given to corporal punishmentquite a change from being brought up by Valentine, whod concocted all sorts of painful castigations to encourage obedience.
Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009
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Two years ago their blanket castigations of government seemed to be resonating with a national majority.
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The Lightwoods werent given to corporal punishmentquite a change from being brought up by Valentine, whod concocted all sorts of painful castigations to encourage obedience.
City of Ashes Cassandra Clare 2008
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In the end, the castigations of the politicians scarcely mattered.
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Mr. Schumer, the skilled attack dog, began rattling off his familiar castigations of the Bush administration and the G.O.P., laying the failures at their feet.
Chuting Downmarket: Imus' Replacement Is a Jersey Buffoon 2007
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And just like the King, Sanchez took no blame for the Iraqi cesspool but was quite liberal with this castigations and criticisms of everyone else.
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Frank Rich, in his regularly brilliant NY Times Sunday article, castigating all aspects of this abysmal administration, finally expressed some frustration with the American people, after years of weekly castigations of Republicans, the media, and big business.
"Michael Clayton", Issues of Accountability and Brave New Films' "The Real Rudy: Radios" 2007
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I think Tony Snow recently said something about such castigations taking a lot of chutzpah.
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Mr. Schumer, the skilled attack dog, began rattling off his familiar castigations of the Bush administration and the G.O.P., laying the failures at their feet.
Chuting Downmarket: Imus' Replacement Is a Jersey Buffoon 2007
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