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diatribe

[dahy-uh-trahyb] / ˈdaɪ əˌtraɪb /


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Hardy’s mic was shut off, and he was forcibly ejected from the hearing after his comments led to a rambling diatribe.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

Then, he satirizes conservatives’ discomfort with his Blackness by sitting silently as Martin Short, playing a nervous young Republican delivering a hackneyed diatribe, shudders in his presence before scampering offstage to fall apart.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2026

"I am aware of the diatribe the commentator directed towards the Israeli bobsled team on the Swiss Olympic broadcast today," he wrote.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Mr. Green pins his diatribe on a Dublin City Council proposal to rename Herzog Park.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

And he went into a ten-minute diatribe about the dangers of doing hot work in a space suit, especially with Ebola.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston




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