philippic

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Recent Examples of philippic How not to hear in his philippic the traces of an OCD inscribed in our cultural DNA, a sanctimony that launched the archetypal act of avoidance that forms our origin myth? Andrew Kay, Harpers Magazine, 28 May 2025 The poet’s occasional philippics against capitalist excess are hard to distinguish from postwar politics, when former allies became lethal enemies, while in America the Red Scare of McCarthyism loomed. William Logan, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025 While its always welcome to see additional news outlets in the battle for truth, justice and the American way, this philippic certainly doesn’t deserve to be taken seriously as a dispenser of information. Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2022 Early Friday morning, around 1 am Eastern, President Donald Trump had published a 102-word philippic to his Facebook and Twitter pages. Benjamin Wofford, Wired, 10 Mar. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for philippic
Noun
  • Bruce Springsteen has escalated his beef with Donald Trump, dropping an entire live EP of anti-Trump jeremiads.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 21 May 2025
  • Hay dashed off another jeremiad to their associates.
    Kate Knibbs, Wired News, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Kid Rock took aim at Live Nation Entertainment and its ticketing subsidiary Ticketmaster in a profanity-laden diatribe posted to social media on Tuesday.
    Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • And Elon Musk's tirade against NASA as the agency tries to get to the moon before China.
    Christian Orozco, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Michael ended his tirade and walked out of the studio.
    Dan Beck, Variety, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Federico Gatti was also excellent in thwarting Madrid’s attacks.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The attack has spurred allegations of a hate crime against the girl, who is Yemeni and Muslim.
    Andrea May Sahouri, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Addressing concerns of the studios, the legislation includes exclusions for projects such as documentaries and biographical works, or for purposes of comment, criticism, or parody, among others.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The changes come as the social media giant faces ongoing criticism over harms to children from its platforms.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 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
  • Noah is constantly making sermons or toasts cribbed from Talmud for Netflix Subscribers.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Christian pastors praise Kirk as 'martyr,' claim revival After Kirk's death, several Christian pastors in the Valley spoke in strong terms about him in their sermons and online.
    Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The festival also aims to raise awareness about climate change through a lecture series and activist events.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The Climate Café lecture series is a free public program designed to share cutting-edge science with the South Florida community.
    Diana Udel, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Philippic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/philippic. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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