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[rant] / rænt /




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Trinity Lugos said she decided to post the woman’s rant online because she thought there should be accountability for the comments, but she did not expect the recording to receive millions of views.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

In a day-long rant on Truth Social, the president said the only “guardrails that AI needs is a strong and smart . . . president.”

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

Restaurant worker Bobby Skelton, wearing a battle vest with a “Nazi Lives Don’t Matter” patch, stepped to the microphone and delivered a rant against “mass surveillance.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

And while I could rant about the division of labor and parenting when it comes to different-sex couples, I actually don’t think gender has anything to do with your problem.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

As she continues to rant about ambition and perseverance, my eyes glaze over.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

These vignettes — “scenes” would be giving too much credit — eventually drift into musical riffs or spoken-word rants.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

That tattoo and the social media posts -- which Platner explains respectively as the result of a misguided outing during his Marines days and dark post-combat rants -- highlighted the risk of running untested candidates.

From Barron's ● May 3, 2026

Guys: You can’t, immediately after the event, ask an American president to parse and consider the rants of his would-be killer, to chatter on about why someone would want to shoot him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

Otherwise known as the Epstein files, this “library” is laden with crudity, eye-piercing typos, and rants about genetics.

From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2026

I said sure—and braced for one of his rants.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

Actor Ryan McCartan ranted on Instagram about poorly timed giggles during his performance in “The Great Gatsby.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

Sometimes members of the audience would pass out while he tirelessly ranted about some arcane subject that mattered little, but he would draw applause nonetheless.

From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2026

“That’s the whole meaning of life, isn’t it — trying to find a place for your stuff,” Carlin ranted.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 21, 2025

Norrie had also recovered from a break down in the opener and kept his cool as Medvedev ranted at his box throughout the first two sets.

From BBC ● May 27, 2025

“How could I have been so far off base?” he ranted to an adviser.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

He wasn't ranting - that is not his style.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

But “I would much rather participate in the process than be left helplessly ranting about it on social media,” she wrote.

From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2026

No one wants to be remembered as a ranting, near mad man or woman, though on a certain level there is plenty of reason to rail against death.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

In this scene, Nate gets offended when Andy says she’s not hungry anymore after ranting about Miranda and the challenges of her job.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2025

‘So that is the kind of idea you harbor beneath your ranting about justice.’

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers


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