rant
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The letter by Lord Roberts of Belgravia claimed the installation's description of Churchill was an "ideologically motivated rant".
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Yes, we love a good rant about the terrors of technology from a comedy legend like Seinfeld, who got famous long before the advent of artificial intelligence and smartphones.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
As much as they may rant about the intensity, time commitments and increasingly absurd economy of youth sports, there is no way to escape it—or avoid their nearest Dick’s Sporting Goods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026
And as Mother Russia Mr. Turner is uproariously funny, interrupting the proceedings to rant and pontificate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
“Yeah! I don’t really know what we’re gonna do besides rant, but it could be good.”
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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
Largely known for viral clips of his expletive-laden rants during streamed 'watchalongs' of United matches, his two YouTube channels have amassed 3.7 million subscribers.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
It feels like peak Gen Z. There are videos where he rants about Love Island.
From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2025
I’m a little more laid back even in my rants than Taylor is.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025
“Do you have any idea how many times she borrowed my car?” he rants on the bus ride to school.
From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm
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
Paul ranted against the “petty vindictiveness” of the move, how “the level of immaturity is beyond words,” how he had lost “a lot of respect” for Trump, and how it wouldn’t stop him.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2025
Spurge ranted, “It was Degravaunt who cleansed the forests of darkness!”
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
Where “Iceman” has the feel of an overlong podcast episode with a lone man ranting into a microphone, “Maid of Honour” is a party.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
It’s the kind of passive shuffle people do when faced with someone unhoused asking for money, or when someone having a mental health crisis begins ranting in the streets.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2025
"For all his ranting and raving, Plemons brings plenty of depth to Teddy, a man who has locked himself down in the wake of past traumas," wrote Screen Daily's Nikki Baughan.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025
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
I didn’t know what Vega was ranting about.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
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