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
The adjustment set off a tirade by President Donald Trump, who fired the head of the agency and accused her of manipulating the data for political purposes.
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2025
The tirade, which lasted nearly an hour, was audible to dozens of attorneys waiting outside the conference room for an upcoming meeting.
—Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2025
At some point Beijing may run out of luck, and either not concede enough in negotiations or push too hard to make a TACO, and instead generate a Trumpian tirade or policy overreaction.
—Scott Kennedy, Time, 16 Aug. 2025
The rapper, meanwhile, has been sued more than a dozen times since his initial, highly public antisemitic tirade nearly three years ago.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2025
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2025
The tirade, which lasted nearly an hour, was audible to dozens of attorneys waiting outside the conference room for an upcoming meeting.
—Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2025
At some point Beijing may run out of luck, and either not concede enough in negotiations or push too hard to make a TACO, and instead generate a Trumpian tirade or policy overreaction.
—Scott Kennedy, Time, 16 Aug. 2025
The rapper, meanwhile, has been sued more than a dozen times since his initial, highly public antisemitic tirade nearly three years ago.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tirade
Noun
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Is this what we’re supposed to take away from this anatomy-of-a-scandal diatribe that can’t bother to anatomize the scandal or what surrounds it all?—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
6 Sep. 2025
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The diatribe closed with Mondo urging his former collaborator to seek redemption.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Bin Laden, through the al-Qaida terrorist organization, targeted the United States for nearly a decade before the 9/11 attacks in 2001, utilizing this large and expansive infrastructure.—
Richard Frankel,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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Polish officials said 19 objects entered its airspace during a large Russian air attack on Ukraine.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Among Democrats, criticism has grown louder as the war becomes deeply unpopular with the party base.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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But the Cowboys, who gave out big extensions to wide receiver CeeDee Lamb and quarterback Dak Prescott, couldn't come to terms with him on a new deal, which led to Jones receiving plenty of criticism.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Her rant remains an iconic meme, but the reality icon has changed a lot over the last two decades.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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See Kelly Price’s rant about Black women above and her full spill here.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Bruce Springsteen has escalated his beef with Donald Trump, dropping an entire live EP of anti-Trump jeremiads.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
21 May 2025
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Hay dashed off another jeremiad to their associates.—
Kate Knibbs,
Wired News,
20 May 2025
Noun
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Instead of giving a long lecture on the subject, the teacher shares a 5 minute video highlighting the main events of the war.—
Hannah Nwoko,
Parents,
10 Sep. 2025
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However, the first module typically is a single video lecture introducing the class.—
Jill Duffy,
PC Magazine,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Wicks’ sermons tend toward the extreme fire-and-brimstone, vengeance-is-mine variety.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
7 Sep. 2025
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As a result, Jud gets sent to a small-town church, Our Lady of Perpetual Grace, which the resident priest, Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin), has run into the ground with his fiery sermons.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
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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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“Tirade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tirade. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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