harangue
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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
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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
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"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
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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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