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as in diatribe
a long angry speech or scolding
launched into a long harangue about poor customer service without realizing that I wasn't even an employee!
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as in speech
a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience
the dictator's lengthy harangue before a captive audience
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as in to speak
to give a formal often extended talk on a subject
the eminent professor harangued for three hours on his favorite subject, the clash of East and West
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as in to discourse
to talk as if giving an important and formal speech
a talk-show guest using the interviewer's questions as an opportunity to harangue on a variety of pet peeves
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Recent Examples of harangue
Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2024
The three biggest takeaways from Biden’s harangue had nothing to do with the speech itself.
—Elizabeth Stauffer, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 6 Sep. 2024
Or if Kelli and Judy hadn’t been captured throughout the series, and in archival footage, haranguing women about their midsections.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 13 July 2024
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In recent campaign appearances, Trump has tended to stand alone on the stage and deliver a harangue, but in Des Moines he was flanked by his sons Eric and Don, Jr., and devoted part of his meandering victory speech to the sports preferences and tall height of his youngest son, Barron.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2024
The three biggest takeaways from Biden’s harangue had nothing to do with the speech itself.
—Elizabeth Stauffer, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
Verb
Katie harangues her for waking-and-baking and looks askance at her sports betting.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 6 Sep. 2024
Or if Kelli and Judy hadn’t been captured throughout the series, and in archival footage, haranguing women about their midsections.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 13 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for harangue
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Katie doesn’t wait for an answer, launching into a page-and-a-half diatribe against her sibling.Azazel Jacobs, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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Corrie mostly reports on daily events, but the play allows her one diatribe, in the form of a message to her mother.Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2024
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Outgoing Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to criticize President-elect Donald Trump's foreign policies during a speech on Saturday.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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For the next 10 minutes, Valvano delivered a speech that still resonates today, mixing humor, motivational anecdotes and inspiring people to cherish their lives.Tim Casey, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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In an interview with TIME in May, the Rare Beauty founder, 31, spoke about her relationship with the music producer, 36, noting that if the two hadn't met, her future plans included adopting a baby a few years down the road.Marina Watts, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Tisdale spoke with her hair colorist, who encouraged her to get in touch with a dermatologist who could provide more clarity about what was going on.Brian Mastroianni, Health, 12 Dec. 2024
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But by Obama’s second term in office, discourse about the importance of representation in media had intensified, and the show came under fire in 2013 for not featuring a Black woman cast member in five years.Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
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Kiss or no kiss, Glen Powell is just happy fans care enough about Twisters to start discourse online.Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2024
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Earlier this year, the organization also determined that the Islamic State group used mustard gas in an attack on the town of Marea.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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The strikes Thursday evening came as Palestinian medics were still surveying the morning's deadly toll of fierce Israeli attacks, including on Nuseirat camp.Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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We’re either lectured on the history of our own struggle, or appealed to with dire fearmongering and empty promises while our cries fall on deaf ears.Derrick Johnson, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2024
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An increasingly jealous Seth Rollins lectured Sami Zayn about teaming with Roman Reigns after both of them worked so hard to end the Bloodline.Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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Oliveira films on location, with the actors in costume, declaiming in boldly theatrical tones that seem wrenched whole from the era of the play’s origins.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
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Ten minutes later, a few dozen people were crowding into 192 Books, on Tenth Avenue, to hear Grau declaim in a dead language.Fergus McIntosh, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
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Morelle also openly spoke out against Mace's recent tirade to ban transgender lawmakers from using the bathroom of their choice.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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In 2019, the WNBA opened an investigation after complaints surfaced that LA Sparks GM Penny Toler used profanity and racial slurs in a tirade against players.Gabriella Levine, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Harangue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harangue. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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