as in tirades
a long angry speech or scolding
after complaining about the hotel's lousy service, the woman went off on another rant about the condition of her room
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as in huffs
to talk loudly and wildly
when the waiter gave him incorrect change, he began ranting about the restaurant's poor service
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Recent Examples of rants
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
25 June 2026
Scottie Scheffler has become increasingly known for petulant rants.
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Brody Miller,
New York Times,
19 June 2026
Across demographics, though, teens are reporting difficult job searches, taking to Reddit and TikTok with rants about phantom postings, managers who ghost them and applications that go nowhere.
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ABC News,
18 June 2026
One of my recent rants has been noting the trend of strong defense and non-Hall of Fame quarterbacks among recent Super Bowl teams.
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Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
15 June 2026
His online rants were becoming increasingly extreme.
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Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
After the last couple shows, I’ve been flooded with messages from fans that were upset by her rants.
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Jack Dunn,
Variety,
31 May 2026
Grievances Tucked into the many pages of hateful rants and ideology in the manifesto the teens apparently co-authored are threads of personal grievances.
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Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 May 2026
The document devotes sections to anti-Black, anti-Muslim, anti-Hispanic, anti-trans and misogynistic rants.
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Anna Schecter,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
One grumbles when the driver rants about development’s ravages.
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Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
10 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
25 June 2026
Scottie Scheffler has become increasingly known for petulant rants.
—
Brody Miller,
New York Times,
19 June 2026
Across demographics, though, teens are reporting difficult job searches, taking to Reddit and TikTok with rants about phantom postings, managers who ghost them and applications that go nowhere.
—
ABC News,
18 June 2026
One of my recent rants has been noting the trend of strong defense and non-Hall of Fame quarterbacks among recent Super Bowl teams.
—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
15 June 2026
His online rants were becoming increasingly extreme.
—
Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
After the last couple shows, I’ve been flooded with messages from fans that were upset by her rants.
—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
31 May 2026
Grievances Tucked into the many pages of hateful rants and ideology in the manifesto the teens apparently co-authored are threads of personal grievances.
—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 May 2026
The document devotes sections to anti-Black, anti-Muslim, anti-Hispanic, anti-trans and misogynistic rants.
—
Anna Schecter,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
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.
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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
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Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee once put it this way about why some golfer tirades add character while others are despised.
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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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In a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment, the actress used the Solawave 4-in-1 Red Light Therapy Wand, which our writer raves about for its ability to heal blemishes and smooth wrinkles.
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Sure, every fashion expert and social media stan account raves about her unbeatable approach to method dressing with longtime stylist Law Roach, but not enough people seem to appreciate how wearable the 29-year-old superstar’s couture looks can be.
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Trump’s social media feed and rhetoric overflow with racist diatribes.
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Academics in particular knew the impact of his anti-college diatribes, demonizing of university professors, and literal targeting of them with Professor Watchlist.
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Financial transactions, credential sharing, file sharing, executive instructions and vendor relationships are at risk due to AI attacks.
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Two people were killed and seven others injured in Russian attacks on the northeastern Kharkiv region over the previous 24 hours, regional head Oleh Syniehubov said Friday.
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The negative shift in 'cynicism's' meaning is largely attributed to the historical lens of Plato's criticisms, as Antisthenes' own writings are scarce.
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But advocates for survivors say there’s ample evidence of failures at high levels, even beyond Guidepost's criticisms of the Executive Committee.
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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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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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The fracas played out in heated sermons, editorials, and denominational meetings.
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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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“Rants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rants. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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