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Recent Examples of tirade Elon Musk may have walked back parts of his recent social media tirade against President Donald Trump, but that doesn't mean the two have mended things behind the scenes. Linda Marx, People.com, 13 June 2025 Donald Trump made his first comments about Elon Musk since his billionaire ally went on a tirade about the president’s chief legislative effort, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 5 June 2025 Trump’s decision to pull Isaacman’s nomination came before Musk’s latest tirade. Ari Levy, CNBC, 4 June 2025 Galliano was fired from Dior in 2011 for a public antisemitic tirade and ousted from his namesake brand a month later. Samantha Tse, CNN Money, 30 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for tirade
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Noun
  • Arriving onstage hours late, Stone regaled the astonished crowd with a diatribe against Jerry Goldstein, his manager since the early ’90s.
    Chris Morris, Variety, 9 June 2025
  • Taylor Hill/Getty Images for Boston Calling What To Know Morello unleashed a diatribe against Trump during his performance at the Boston Calling music festival over the weekend, defending Springsteen after the latter drew the president's wrath recently.
    Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • Videos posted on Telegram show a large fire near Kremenchuk after the attack.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 29 June 2025
  • Regional authorities in Lviv, which borders Poland, reported attacks on critical infrastructure but no casualties.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
Noun
  • After Fox News announced Trump's hiring, criticism followed.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 26 June 2025
  • Lander’s criticism of Israel is much more muted and that of a liberal Zionist.
    Steven W. Thrasher June 26, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • For example, the first crack in the Republican edifice was the advent of the Tea Party Movement, one of whose tenets was tough fiscal responsibility, as inspired by a ‘Chicago Tea Party’ rant from CNBC commentator Rick Santelli in 2009.
    Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • Devers was upset when Breslow requested him to change positions again and went on a rant to reporters.
    Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Bruce Springsteen has escalated his beef with Donald Trump, dropping an entire live EP of anti-Trump jeremiads.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 21 May 2025
  • Hay dashed off another jeremiad to their associates.
    Kate Knibbs, Wired News, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Posted on YouTube, the 7-minute video features comedian Martin Herlihy holding a lecture before a group of high school students, with the goal of teaching them how to convince their parents to buy them a Mac for college.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 20 June 2025
  • In 2019, a national survey of OB-GYN, internal medicine and family practice residency programs revealed that 20% of graduating residents had received no lectures on menopause, and 6.8% felt unprepared to care for menopausal patients.
    Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Preachers delivered sermons paying tribute to the fallen leader, which were then reprinted as pamphlets.
    Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2025
  • People would instead gather in churches to hear sermons focused on the holiday’s importance or host intimate house parties where community mobilization and progress were key topics of discussion.
    Martie Bowser, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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