as in diatribe
a long angry speech or scolding
after the inspection by the health department, we had to listen to the manager's tirade about keeping the restaurant's kitchen cleaner
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Recent Examples of tirade
Unfortunately, more often than not, that clarity comes through speechifying, minor-key tirades and copious use of ’50s-era TV clips that make plain the all-too-obvious parallels between then and now.
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 3 Apr. 2025
Falling in Reverse frontman Ronnie Radke is facing scrutiny after a social media tirade directed at Australian councillors prompted an official report to Tasmania Police.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2025
West has addressed Jackson’s point recently, using a different online tirade to discuss his mother’s passing.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Their terse exchanges and angry tirades are searching, almost desperate pleas for direction and mutual understanding.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 3 Apr. 2025
Falling in Reverse frontman Ronnie Radke is facing scrutiny after a social media tirade directed at Australian councillors prompted an official report to Tasmania Police.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2025
West has addressed Jackson’s point recently, using a different online tirade to discuss his mother’s passing.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Their terse exchanges and angry tirades are searching, almost desperate pleas for direction and mutual understanding.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tirade
Noun
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But his remarks quickly became a diatribe against diversity hiring and his allegation — so far without evidence — that lowered standards were to blame for the crash.—
Adriana Gomez Licon,
Twin Cities,
31 Jan. 2025
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Vance then launched into a wide-ranging diatribe about freedom of speech being shackled in Europe.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2025
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Whitmer wages charm offensive against Trump as other Dems attack As much as Trump enjoys skewering his rivals, the president has lauded Whitmer on multiple occasions since returning to power.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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But the attacks also represent a broad assault on American civil society, says Lee Wasserman, director of the Rockefeller Family Fund and a target of the hacking.—
Michael Copley
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Russell Newlove,
NPR,
30 Apr. 2025
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The move came after White House staffers lobbed criticism at comments made by Ruffin that were critical of the Trump administration.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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Now-former Chairman Drew Kromer faced criticism and calls for resignation over a staffer’s departure and allegations the party neglected African American voters.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Apr. 2025
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West has been under fire in recent months for controversial X rants filled with hate speech.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
30 Apr. 2025
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Ted Kaczynski, whose anti-tech rants are finding a new generation of readers, shunned the brother who called the F.B.I. in an effort to halt his campaign of violence.—
Serge F. Kovaleski,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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The jeremiads against gambling as a corrupting influence have conveniently quieted.—
Made by History,
TIME,
20 Mar. 2025
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That’s not something that can be addressed fully in anything but the most jeremiad-esque of think pieces.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
13 Dec. 2024
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At one point during five days of questioning, Miller received a lecture from Richard T. Bretzing, who ran the FBI’s L.A. office and was a bishop in the Mormon Church.—
Christopher Goffard,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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With sample disasters like this one in mind, Fielder heads to the Aviation Technology Complex for a lecture that John Goglia is giving to students about his experience at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2025
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Entire chapters of the gospels are devoted to Jesus’s sermons, parables, and private conversations with His disciples.—
Dominic Pino,
National Review,
20 Apr. 2025
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According to Taylor Swift sermon is at 11 a.m. to noon, Sunday, April 27, inside the sanctuary at Coral Gables Congregational Church, 3010 DeSoto Blvd., and will stream online at gablesucc.org/live.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
12 Apr. 2025
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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
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The Americans were prepared for a lecture from Russia’s longtime foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, who is well known for his tedious harangues.—
Michael Crowley,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Tirade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tirade. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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