as in tirade
a long angry speech or scolding
he was forced to sit through a long diatribe after he came home late once too often
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Recent Examples of diatribe
Continuing a trend that has plagued the Paramount+ streaming series from the start, an otherwise entertaining scene became a vehicle for a random diatribe against renewable energy and climate change activists.
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Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Biden’s administration urged accountability, but with Trump about to reenter the White House, the wave is receding at an alarming pace, leaving rock pools of fact-free diatribes.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
The fallout in Indy could be considerable if team owner Jim Irsay shares any of the frustrations former Colts punter Pat McAfee expressed in a scorching postgame diatribe.
—Mike Sando, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Damian starts delivering a diatribe on climate change while at lunch with Ingrid.
—James Factora, Them, 20 Dec. 2024
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Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Biden’s administration urged accountability, but with Trump about to reenter the White House, the wave is receding at an alarming pace, leaving rock pools of fact-free diatribes.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
The fallout in Indy could be considerable if team owner Jim Irsay shares any of the frustrations former Colts punter Pat McAfee expressed in a scorching postgame diatribe.
—Mike Sando, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Damian starts delivering a diatribe on climate change while at lunch with Ingrid.
—James Factora, Them, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diatribe
Noun
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After a week of social media tirades and tense microphone diplomacy, the gruesome battle has somehow faded into the background.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
24 Feb. 2025
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The same players refusing to step on the badge in the name of sportsmanship will, two hours later, be throwing themselves to the floor clutching their face in an attempt to get an opponent sent off and aiming a tirade of profanities at the referee.—
Ali Rampling,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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On Friday and Saturday, the pope spoke on the phone to Rev. Gabriel Romanelli and his assistant, Father Yusuf Asad, in Gaza City, northern Gaza – who have been in frequent communication since Israel launched its war following the October 7 attacks.—
Antonia Mortensen,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
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Fierce fighting and long-range attacks continued as Kyiv and Moscow prepare for the revival of talks.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
17 Feb. 2025
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Their jeremiads have scared so many people out of some amazing gains.—
Julie Coleman,
CNBC,
8 Oct. 2024
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Occasionally, these jeremiads leak into mainstream culture and the mass media begin to reverberate with a warning: Change your ways, Americans, or there will be hell to pay.—
James Morone,
Foreign Affairs,
16 June 2015
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What’s more, Media Research Center Vice President Brent Baker gave Pelley’s rant a score of five out of five screams.—
Paul Bedard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
17 Feb. 2025
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And Musk has been trying to make nice in a Hollywood newly Trump-skeptical of him, most recently possibly banning Ye from X after David Schwimmer pled for that outcome following the rapper’s anti-Semitic rants.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Feb. 2025
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The event gave the royals the opportunity to put on a united front in the face of Harry and Meghan's criticisms made during the show.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Ultimately, interviews with more than two dozen people showed that Trump's aides at the White House and USAGM wanted the network to reflect Trump's successes and to tamp down on criticisms of him - a consistent thread of recent developments.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In addition, McLaren will deliver the morning sermon at two churches on Sunday, Feb. 23.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Feb. 2025
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Crystal Palace supporters especially will need few sermons.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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That tracks with a 2017 video lecture Baldoni gave as part of a Baha’i Teachings series titled What if Birth and Death Are Actually the Same?—
Peter Kiefer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Feb. 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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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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But as the threats to women’s reproductive health have come out of Washington, one after another, Cecile Richards has had to be everywhere at once: traveling around the country to meet patients and making constant trips to Washington to educate, lobby, and harangue members of Congress.—
Jonathan Van Meter,
Vogue,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Diatribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diatribe. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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