philippic

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Recent Examples of philippic While its always welcome to see additional news outlets in the battle for truth, justice and the American way, this philippic certainly doesn’t deserve to be taken seriously as a dispenser of information. Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2022 Early Friday morning, around 1 am Eastern, President Donald Trump had published a 102-word philippic to his Facebook and Twitter pages. Benjamin Wofford, Wired, 10 Mar. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for philippic
Noun
  • The jeremiads against gambling as a corrupting influence have conveniently quieted.
    Made by History, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Their jeremiads have scared so many people out of some amazing gains.
    Julie Coleman, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Tate – who shot to internet fame in recent years, racking up billions of views on TikTok with diatribes about male dominance, female submission and wealth – was banned from almost all social media platforms before Trump’s now adviser Elon Musk took over X and reinstated his account.
    Amy Croffey, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Instead Adichie makes a hard right turn away from what might be a satisfying engagement with gender and into diatribes about cancel culture and American liberal hypocrisy.
    Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • What exactly was Gamergate? On August 16, 2014, a 24-year-old male programmer posted a more than 9,000-word tirade about the dissolution of his relationship with video game developer Zoë Quinn.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Of course, 50 Cent had something to say after Ye included him in an online tirade.
    Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The ceasefire started in January, pausing a 15-month war sparked by Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel.
    Landon Mion, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Ceasefire in tatters The ceasefire that took hold in January paused more than a year of fighting ignited by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack in Israel, in which militants killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took about 250 hostage.
    Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • There have been many waves of criticism, pointing out the impossibility of carrying out the test in a precise or useful way.
    Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Then came subsequent criticism about her selection for the 2024 Women’s Olympic team – especially considering Caitlin Clark’s absence – followed by her Las Vegas Aces’ loss in the 2024 WNBA Finals.
    C. Isaiah Smalls II, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Americans were prepared for a lecture from Russia’s longtime foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, who is well known for his tedious harangues.
    Michael Crowley, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
  • But as the threats to women’s reproductive health have come out of Washington, one after another, Cecile Richards has had to be everywhere at once: traveling around the country to meet patients and making constant trips to Washington to educate, lobby, and harangue members of Congress.
    Jonathan Van Meter, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Catholics are opting for the Latin Mass, and public intellectual Jordan Peterson’s lectures now sound more like sermons than TED talks.
    Mike Woodruff, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
  • This Shabbat, Rosen gave a short sermon on the importance of breathing freely, both for oneself and for others.
    Yonat Shimron, NPR, 9 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • That earned him a gentle lecture from his mom about Michelle, and women in general, not being his property.
    Mara Wilson, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
  • It’s become common to see Self lecture Storr about his defense on the sideline.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2025

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“Philippic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/philippic. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

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