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
The film explores how comedians parody leaders and help define them to the public, an important conversation currently amid presidential tirades against late night hosts, and after The Late Show With Stephen Colbert closed up shop last month.
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Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
6 June 2026
Martínez watches stoically, especially when Andreeva goes on one of her tirades.
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Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
4 June 2026
Telling someone that an item is AI-generated is tantamount to setting off alarm bells and triggering them into a tirade.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
The Onion has long delighted readers with a mix of highbrow and stupidly silly news stories that parody the latest social trends and political tirades, highlighting their absurdity—and deeper truths.
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Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for tirade
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
6 June 2026
Martínez watches stoically, especially when Andreeva goes on one of her tirades.
—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
4 June 2026
Telling someone that an item is AI-generated is tantamount to setting off alarm bells and triggering them into a tirade.
—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
The Onion has long delighted readers with a mix of highbrow and stupidly silly news stories that parody the latest social trends and political tirades, highlighting their absurdity—and deeper truths.
—
Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tirade
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On Wednesday night, Kennedy responded to the report with an 871-word diatribe on social media against the reporter, veteran journalist Sheryl Gay Stolberg, and the Times.
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Last year, Karp went on a week-long diatribe mocking investors who sold their shares in the company, as Palantir’s stock price dipped by over 11 percent.
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One of the dogs involved in the attack was later found in Los Angeles County and seized.
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Two people were killed and seven others injured in Russian attacks on the northeastern Kharkiv region over the previous 24 hours, regional head Oleh Syniehubov said Friday.
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The Supreme Court's decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 160,000 Haitians in South Florida and hundreds of thousands more nationwide has drawn sharp criticism from local officials and raised concerns about the future of families in the region.
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The investigation also compliments previous claims that CCC’s regulations impede coastal infrastructure projects, which has drawn criticism from multiple political fronts over the last year.
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Through blood-curdling howls and rants about fascism, fraud, and fighting to understand your identity, Truck Violence push through ugliness to find something more unaltered and real.
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But then the singer continued her rant into the late night.
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The question, of course, is what we are supposed to do with these bourgeois jeremiads against bourgeois civilization, beyond enjoying them as high-end primal-scream therapy.
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Bruce Springsteen has escalated his beef with Donald Trump, dropping an entire live EP of anti-Trump jeremiads.
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This year’s final Edinburgh kicks off in around two months and its keynote MacTaggart lecture will be delivered by YouTube EMEA boss Pedro Pina.
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The iconic McTaggart lecture will remain a key part of the festival schedule, Glennie confirmed.
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Dani provides the voiceover, filled with strained metaphors about earthquakes and sermons on the importance of summer, but the pretense that the dialogue is taken from his interrogation is quickly abandoned.
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Warnock said in his sermon that the prophet Isaiah provides words of hope but also a road map on how to move forward.
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Stephen Adly Guirgis, a New York playwright who specializes in urban pressure-cooker dramas, has a gift for writing subway strap-hanger harangues.
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Disney and Paramount Global both kowtowed to weak suits from President Donald Trump agreeing to pay settlements of $15 million and $16 million, respectively, to make the legal harangues go away rather than fighting for ABC News and CBS News.
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“Tirade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tirade. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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