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
Perhaps his tirade wasn’t in vain, as Minnesota possessed a sizable free-throw advantage throughout the affair, though the Wolves missed 14 of their 47 attempts.
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Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 20 Dec. 2025
Head coach Todd Bowles was fed up after a one-point loss to the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, laying into his team with an expletive-laden tirade during his postgame news conference.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 18 Dec. 2025
Some fliers fought against wearing masks; others loudly disrespected their seatmates (including many a racist tirade), and so on.
—Essence, 9 Dec. 2025
Expect a tirade on Truth Social any minute.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
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Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 20 Dec. 2025
Head coach Todd Bowles was fed up after a one-point loss to the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, laying into his team with an expletive-laden tirade during his postgame news conference.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 18 Dec. 2025
Some fliers fought against wearing masks; others loudly disrespected their seatmates (including many a racist tirade), and so on.
—Essence, 9 Dec. 2025
Expect a tirade on Truth Social any minute.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tirade
Noun
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No matter that his diatribe included some hyperbole—the rules mandating country of origin labels for products are complex and don’t apply across the board, according to the FTC and CBP.—
Monica Hunter-Hart,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Amid his scathing diatribe addressing rumors of a Beckham family feud, Brooklyn Beckham is setting the record straight about the issue starting over wedding dress drama.—
Pamela Avila,
USA Today,
20 Jan. 2026
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This is not just an alarming new attack that has caused chaos across the iWorld.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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One of the major ironies out of the Minnesota anti-ICE attack on a Baptist church last week is that former CNN host Don Lemon, one of the participants, is being investigated under the Ku Klux Klan Act.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
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The Los Angeles Lakers have dropped six of their past 10 games and criticism of the team ramped up Thursday after the Los Angeles Clippers knocked off their crosstown rival.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Schultz said he is not bothered by the criticism marking his seven-year tenure at the $301,000-a-year post.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
24 Jan. 2026
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Toward the end of his rant about Greenland, that is what Lavrov promised that Russia would do.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
21 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, skepticism has grown across the nation, with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey using an expletive-ridden rant to discount the federal government's narrative.—
Austin Turner,
CBS News,
19 Jan. 2026
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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
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The first lecture will be on the musical texture polyphony and its styles through the years.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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That June, Juurlink was invited to deliver the keynote lecture at a toxicology conference in Scotland.—
Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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During Friday prayers in the capital, the imam leading the sermon warned the US against launching any attacks.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
26 Jan. 2026
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Kelly, alongside a mob of activists, allegedly stormed Cities Church over the weekend, disrupting a Sunday sermon based on allegations that one of the pastors, David Easterwood, is an ICE official.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Jan. 2026
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Indeed, Trump’s plan conforms more to the he-man approach to defense policy, exemplified by Hegseth’s harangues to Pentagon officers and service members, than to any sober assessment of military needs.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2026
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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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“Tirade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tirade. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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