as in tirade
a long angry speech or scolding
he was forced to sit through a long diatribe after he came home late once too often
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Recent Examples of diatribe
Putting Sir Porritt’s diatribe aside, its essence seems straightforward and sensible to me.
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Robert G. Eccles, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
The vehicle’s exterior is plastered with laminated prints of his poetry, manifestos, and diatribes against cell phones and pesticides.
—Evan Malmgren, Harper's Magazine, 21 Aug. 2024
New York’s mythology is full of artist collectives, those ragtag groups of poets, painters, musicians, or actors, gathered in some grand, decaying ballroom, deeply engrossed in dialogues and diatribes on life and living.
—Taran Dugal, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024
The vice president came across to her as commanding and compassionate and so unnerved Donald Trump that his false diatribe involving immigrants in Ohio dining on cats and dogs became the highlight reel for much of America.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2024
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Robert G. Eccles, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
The vehicle’s exterior is plastered with laminated prints of his poetry, manifestos, and diatribes against cell phones and pesticides.
—Evan Malmgren, Harper's Magazine, 21 Aug. 2024
New York’s mythology is full of artist collectives, those ragtag groups of poets, painters, musicians, or actors, gathered in some grand, decaying ballroom, deeply engrossed in dialogues and diatribes on life and living.
—Taran Dugal, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024
The vice president came across to her as commanding and compassionate and so unnerved Donald Trump that his false diatribe involving immigrants in Ohio dining on cats and dogs became the highlight reel for much of America.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diatribe
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Today’s tirade is simply a taste of the chaos and division that has been a hallmark of Trump’s MAGA rallies this entire campaign.Dominic Patten, Deadline, 31 July 2024
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West has been persona non grata in much of mainstream public life after launching a series of antisemitic tirades online in 2022.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
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For the most part, Israel’s response to Hamas’s devastating October 7 attack was confined to the Gaza Strip.Carrie A. Lee, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2024
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Episodes often feature logistically complex armed attacks, guided from afar by the top brass, played by the likes of Kidman, Morgan Freeman, Michael Kelly, Jennifer Ehle, and Bruce McGill.Noel Murray, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
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Their jeremiads have scared so many people out of some amazing gains.Julie Coleman, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2024
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Occasionally, these jeremiads leak into mainstream culture and the mass media begin to reverberate with a warning: Change your ways, Americans, or there will be hell to pay.James Morone, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
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Tom Hanks went after critics in a big rant following the release of his critical and box office bomb Here.Tim Lammers, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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Then in the second episode, having behaved like a cad to Isabella for 20-ish minutes, Bobbie goes off on a rant.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2024
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That criticism has sometimes veered toward threats against company executives and political figures.William Gavin, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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It's repeatedly faced harsh criticism over its failure to curb child abuse on the platform.Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Slate says that, in 1905, an issue of The Cambrian, a magazine for Welsh Americans, featured an anecdote involving a priest who, following a service, pulled a clerk aside to ask whether his sermon had been long enough.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Stanley addressed Mohler near the beginning of his sermon.John Blake, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
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The museum also hosts workshops, lectures, and performances and is planning an exhibition on the workings of quantum physics for next year.Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Nov. 2024
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In a lecture in 2012, the eminent physicist Freeman Dyson considered (opens a new tab) gravitational waves from the sun, where the violent churning of matter inside the star should constantly send out mild tremors in space-time.Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
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More remarkably, Murphy appeals to white audiences while doing routines that border on anti-white harangues.Chet Flippo, Vulture, 3 July 2024
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People with competing views talk past one another or, worse, as has been happening on campuses, especially since last October, harangue, harass, and silence each other.Lincoln Caplan, The New Yorker, 4 July 2024
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“Diatribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diatribe. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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