diatribe
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Havelock re-encounters Jordan years after the attack and finds himself caught in the firehose spray of a diatribe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
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
Anyway, the part of his diatribe about congested urban areas and highbrow people is why I cited that quote, because it is an unobstructed view into his mindset.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2026
An Israeli bobsleigher said on Tuesday he gave no "credence whatsoever" to the "diatribe" from a Swiss television commentator who had questioned the legitimacy of him competing at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
Her mother told her not to worry and launched into a diatribe about the medical technologies of the seventies until Alma interrupted her.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
During the war, he baffled international negotiators with rambling diatribes on Serbian history.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Others, such as Shawn Michaels, say there's not much difference between the two, and WWE executive Bruce Prichard says Mr McMahon's in-ring diatribes were similar to the ones he'd deliver in the board room.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2024
Her works achieve the difficult feat of synthesizing a coma-inducing dullness with piercingly shrill extended diatribes to create reverse masterpieces worthy of the most risible North Korean propaganda.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2024
David Gottesman, known as Sandy, an investor and early acolyte of Warren Buffett’s, was not a creature of Page Six or TV, of divorce settlements, $500 million yachts, Davos or social-media diatribes.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2024
When confronted with the charge that, despite his position as vice president, he had paid Callender to write diatribes against the president, Jefferson claimed to know nothing about it.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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