as in diatribe
a long angry speech or scolding
after the inspection by the health department, we had to listen to the manager's tirade about keeping the restaurant's kitchen cleaner
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Recent Examples of tirade
A week prior, Ye launched his latest antisemitic and misogynistic tirade on X, dubbing himself a Nazi and praising Hitler.
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Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2025
Vance had clearly long prepared this tirade as a starting gun for the second Trump administration’s bid to refuel populism across Europe.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
Bellator lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov has commented on Conor McGregor's angry reaction following his last win, saying that the Irishman's tirades against his family are down to his embarrassment about his submission defeat to Khabib more than six years ago.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
West’s recent social media tirades against Jewish people and on the Censori’s Grammys red carpet moment have placed his behavior in a new light, the law firm representing the plaintiff said in a press release.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
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Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2025
Vance had clearly long prepared this tirade as a starting gun for the second Trump administration’s bid to refuel populism across Europe.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
Bellator lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov has commented on Conor McGregor's angry reaction following his last win, saying that the Irishman's tirades against his family are down to his embarrassment about his submission defeat to Khabib more than six years ago.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
West’s recent social media tirades against Jewish people and on the Censori’s Grammys red carpet moment have placed his behavior in a new light, the law firm representing the plaintiff said in a press release.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tirade
Noun
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Vance then launched into a wide-ranging diatribe about freedom of speech being shackled in Europe.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2025
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There will be trips to Disney World (that’s still a thing, right?) and headache-inducing Stephen A. Smith GOAT diatribes and ceaseless Mahomes vs. Tom Brady arguments and every single member of the paparazzi spontaneously climaxing as Travis Kelce kisses Taylor Swift atop a float.—
Jeff Pearlman,
Rolling Stone,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Former President Joe Biden issued Fauci a pre-emptive federal pardon as a hedge against what Biden said could be politically motivated attacks.—
Jim Turner,
Orlando Sentinel,
17 Feb. 2025
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Fierce fighting and long-range attacks continued as Kyiv and Moscow prepare for the revival of talks.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The event gave the royals the opportunity to put on a united front in the face of Harry and Meghan's criticisms made during the show.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Ultimately, interviews with more than two dozen people showed that Trump's aides at the White House and USAGM wanted the network to reflect Trump's successes and to tamp down on criticisms of him - a consistent thread of recent developments.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
26 Feb. 2025
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What’s more, Media Research Center Vice President Brent Baker gave Pelley’s rant a score of five out of five screams.—
Paul Bedard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
17 Feb. 2025
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And Musk has been trying to make nice in a Hollywood newly Trump-skeptical of him, most recently possibly banning Ye from X after David Schwimmer pled for that outcome following the rapper’s anti-Semitic rants.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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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
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That tracks with a 2017 video lecture Baldoni gave as part of a Baha’i Teachings series titled What if Birth and Death Are Actually the Same?—
Peter Kiefer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In addition, McLaren will deliver the morning sermon at two churches on Sunday, Feb. 23.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Feb. 2025
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From deconstructed pianos to sensory deprivation rooms that play her sermons to colorful laser projections, Coltrane’s legacy is in the hands of these American artists.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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