rhetoric
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By ramping up its rhetoric, is Russia also about to intensify its war?
From BBC • May 26, 2026
Megan Lam is a rising senior at UC Berkeley, where they study integrative biology, rhetoric and journalism.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
The latest tensions have revived uncomfortable debates across Africa about xenophobia, migration, and the gap between pan-African rhetoric and realities facing African migrants on the continent.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
Last week, I wrote about the overuse of the slang-suffix “-maxxing” in nutritional spaces, underscoring why the rhetoric we use to define how we nourish ourselves matters so greatly.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
That glossary isn’t complete—there are hundreds of the flowers of rhetoric in the overstuffed greenhouse of oratory—but it should provide a solid starting point.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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