polemic

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Recent Examples of polemic The festival’s other major eat-the-rich polemic is, in the grand scheme of Yorgos Lanthimos’s oeuvre, a minor work, to be sure, but still a riveting, twisty, and raucously funny one. Radhika Seth, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2025 The book influencer who is terrified that Zohran Mamdani is going to usher in a new wave of antisemitism to New York City and the world is not going to be the target audience for Omar El Akkad’s essential polemic One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This and that’s okay. Maris Kreizman august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025 In clear and graceful prose, remarkably free of polemic or cynicism, Mazower soberly describes how and why the politics of anti-Semitism have metastasized in such maddening ways. Daniel May, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025 Year: 1986 Runtime: 1h 28m Famously shot in two weeks on a nonexistent budget, Lee’s first film is completely all over the place, part in-your-face polemic, part Woody Allen–esque social comedy. Tim Grierson, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for polemic
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Noun
  • The individuals are not silenced, as Charlie Kirk was permanently, but can continue their diatribe, just maybe not while with organizations that find their comments out of place.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
  • And the show felt more like a dialogue than a diatribe.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The criticism drew a sharp and dismissive response from Kelani Jordan.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The move came on the heels of NFL analyst Rex Ryan's previous criticisms of Sanders’ outspoken nature.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Hidden in Stroup’s fiery tirades is a poetic flair and penchant for storytelling reminiscent of Kyle Kinane.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher went on one of his bad-boy tirades during a performance at the 1996 show by swearing, wandering the stage and making lewd gestures during his brother Noel's guitar solo.
    Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Key foreign leaders have reaffirmed support for Ukraine after Trump’s public harangue of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last month and taken steps to expand their defense outlays.
    Steve Kopack, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The next party leader could very well become the country’s next prime minister, but even that’s not guaranteed; voters delivered a clear rebuke in the past two parliamentary elections, delivering seats to opposition parties and stripping the LDP of its majority.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Published 70 years ago, this shocking poem was a powerful rebuke to conformists in 1950s America.
    Air Mail, Air Mail, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Like legions of dreamers before him, McGuirk started on film and TV sets as a PA, an often thankless job where random castigations from members of the cast or crew can be par for the course.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025

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