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
Postecoglou had the knack of answering a question about his options at right-back with a diatribe about his time at Tottenham Hotspur.
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Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
Moreno-Gama was arrested Friday morning by San Francisco police officers, who recovered a copy of his anti-AI diatribe, a kerosene jug and a lighter, according to the criminal complaint.
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Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
13 Apr. 2026
Just a few days before McQueen’s historic nomination, Andrew Holness, the country’s Prime Minister, was condemned by local human rights groups for bookending his 2026 budget presentation with a transphobic diatribe.
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Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2026
But on Monday, the team waived Jaden Ivey — who had spent a total of only 115 minutes on a basketball court in a Bulls jersey — after the guard went on a series of religious rants on his social media, including a bigoted diatribe against the NBA’s practice of hosting LGBTQ+ pride nights.
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Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
Moreno-Gama was arrested Friday morning by San Francisco police officers, who recovered a copy of his anti-AI diatribe, a kerosene jug and a lighter, according to the criminal complaint.
—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
13 Apr. 2026
Just a few days before McQueen’s historic nomination, Andrew Holness, the country’s Prime Minister, was condemned by local human rights groups for bookending his 2026 budget presentation with a transphobic diatribe.
—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2026
But on Monday, the team waived Jaden Ivey — who had spent a total of only 115 minutes on a basketball court in a Bulls jersey — after the guard went on a series of religious rants on his social media, including a bigoted diatribe against the NBA’s practice of hosting LGBTQ+ pride nights.
—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diatribe
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Lion was taken into custody early Saturday morning in the Palisades after what a neighbor described as antisemitic tirades.
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Rambling usually ignores it when Dean Cain posts one of his tirades against liberal Hollywood.
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The Kerch road and rail crossing, opened by Putin in 2018, has been the target of previous Ukrainian attacks.
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Two other individuals survived that attack, the military said.
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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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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 Seleção victory eliminates Haiti from knockout play and gives coach Carlo Ancelotti a bit of breathing room after his draw to open the tournament earned him criticism.
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While backing its longtime partner Iran rhetorically, China has been measured in its criticism of the US for sparking the conflict and held multiple calls and meetings with Gulf states that came under Iran’s attack.
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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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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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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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“Diatribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diatribe. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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