as in mouthing (off)
to talk as if giving an important and formal speech
an arrogant scholar who never passes up an opportunity to posture and perorate on stunningly unimportant matters
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Chicago Federal Reserve president and CEO Austan Goolsbee will be speaking at the Detroit Economic Club on Tuesday.—
Hugh Leask,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2026 -
But prosecutor Wu introduced a photo showing Solages speaking on a phone, standing next to a man in camouflage, hours after the exchange and as police were trying to find the president’s killers.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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After haranguing the receptionist, he was eventually granted a 15-minute audience with Fujita, who advised his teenage devotee to focus on future technologies like computers.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
24 Feb. 2026
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That entanglement allowed Biden to traverse the country haranguing business on equity, climate, daycare, union labor, and other whole-of-government crusades—while taunting Republicans who relented for the sake of home-district dollars.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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From the whitewashing controversy to the toxic love to the daring costumes, the discourse is going to be discoursing.—
Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
Refinery29,
13 Feb. 2026
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Canadian astronaut Jenni Gibbons is the person talking to the astronauts today from inside Mission Control.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
6 Apr. 2026
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Caminero comes through Cash and radio broadcaster Andy Freed were talking before the game about when Junior Caminero would erase the zero in his home run column.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2026
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Cook, his successor, has been preaching it since becoming CEO in 2011, shortly before Jobs' death.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
4 Apr. 2026
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Some are preaching nirvana or being blunt about impending job loss while appearing to be oblivious to the fact that most people don’t want a world without work.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Perorating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perorating. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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