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harangue

[huh-rang] / həˈræŋ /




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In 2022, a group of activists — including Mexicans and Europeans — hacked the Weltmuseum’s hand-held audio guides and inserted a fiery harangue from Gómora.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 24, 2025

The police arrive, and the locals harangue them for doing too little.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2024

In an April 21 court filing, McDonald's lawyers said mediation to settle Allen's $10 billion lawsuit has been unsuccessful, and accused Allen of trying to "harass and harangue McDonald's into an unmerited resolution."

From Reuters May 8, 2023

If he continues to play like he did in Game 3 - while teammate Jaylen Brown continues to harangue Harden - it could be another big day for Boston.

From Washington Times May 6, 2023

Finally, the whole team was dressed, had listened to Coach Spinks’s pre-game harangue, and now waited on that trough of suspended time when each second seems weighed down by the glistening bullion of tension.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

He harangues referees and reporters and doesn’t hold back when communicating with his players.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

You might remember Ahmadinejad, Iran’s hard-line former president, for the anti-American harangues he delivered at the U.N. while not wearing a tie.

From Slate May 23, 2026

Stephen Adly Guirgis, a New York playwright who specializes in urban pressure-cooker dramas, has a gift for writing subway strap-hanger harangues.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 29, 2026

Prigozhin somewhat toned down his harangues against the military leadership after that, but remained defiant.

From Seattle Times Jan. 27, 2023

But it did no good, all this fault laying, all these harangues of accusations bouncing in her head.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

"I am not opening the store unless you leave," a manager shouted, as customers harangued her, with another member of staff telling AFP only two air conditioners had been delivered.

From Barron's Jul. 2, 2026

When harangued by CNBC’s Joe Kernan to “reject” the winners, Jeffries replied, “Donald Trump is the president right now. Are you kidding me?”

From Salon Jun. 28, 2026

He harangued the conservative navy into accepting a drive toward French Indochina and the Dutch oil fields.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 2026

The West Australian newspaper harangued England through Perth airport, called them crybabys, arrogant and cocky.

From BBC Nov. 22, 2025

He talked up Everest every time he saw me and repeatedly harangued Brad Wetzler, an editor at Outside, about the idea.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

For all the justified haranguing of Pentagon weapons buying, the U.S. can still move fast when it wants to.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 22, 2026

She made fun of my haranguing her for carrying her own luggage off trains, and I poked fun at her for habitually asking whether we were on the right train.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 10, 2025

But Ackman “can’t believe this is happening” and is posting nonstop about his attempts to intimidate the publication by haranguing its parent company.

From Slate Jan. 10, 2024

Schwartz, to whom she was very much married at the time, began haranguing her in front of everyone for it: "I have never been so turned off in my life," he sneered.

From Salon May 26, 2023

Despite his loyalty to Lawrence, Alvarez proved to be more pliable to the AEC chairman’s haranguing.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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