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plural of rant

rants

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verb

present tense third-person singular of rant

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rants
Noun
He's gone on numerous rants about the 26-year-old, most recently calling him childish for his actions in Dallas' preseason finale. Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025 Newsom has also been relishing the role of egging on conservative politicians, commentators and celebrities by mimicking the president's all-caps social media rants. Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2025
Verb
And his ultimate war is with Bob, a tech CEO who rants about his haters and has gotten rich off rebranded snake oil and whose obvious corruption has been obscured by his self-mythologizing. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025 One grumbles when the driver rants about development’s ravages. Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rants
Noun
  • Earlier this month, he was sued by a former Yeezy staffer who claims Kanye subjected him to antisemitic tirades.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The emerging regulatory oversight helped check America's first radio demagogue, Father Coughlin, whose conspiratorial tirades were heard by some 30 million listeners.
    CBS News, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Charles Coughlin, an antisemitic Catholic priest who once led the Shrine of the Little Flower in Royal Oak and broadcast diatribes against Jews on a radio show.
    Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • But this group’s ceiling hinges largely on former five-star prospect Justin Scott and Ahmad Moten; Taylor raves about Scott’s upside and said Moten has the ability to be the best defensive lineman in the country.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Joseph raves about his football IQ.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Despite the downward pressure on cost of cyber attacks, the sector continues to grow, as more companies treat cyber security incidents as a top priority.
    Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
  • This prevents many attacks that use lookalike domain names or hacks such as DNS cache poisoning to create rogue sites masquerading as the real, trusted ones.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The forward will miss the first half of the Sky’s game on Sunday against the Las Vegas Aces after her criticisms were published earlier this week by the Chicago Tribune.
    Thomas Schlachter, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Mourinho’s arrival at United was a response to some of the criticisms directed at his predecessor, Louis van Gaal.
    Carl Anka, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As for the general thrust of his sermons?
    Theoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Habib Diallo, a 60-year-old former army commando, said attending the sermons and discussions with the imam taught him about the risks of home births.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Aug. 2025

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“Rants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rants. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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