rhetoric
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There’s plenty of furtive gags like this throughout “Up in Smoke”: police incompetence, absent parents, anti-war rhetoric and racial stereotypes that function as satire.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026
And all his rhetoric was deplorable: He, without any credible evidence, blames the flu vaccine for potentially triggering his SD.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
"For us, Wadagni represents a new generation of leadership, less about rhetoric and more about impact," Fayomi added.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
He shifted his rhetoric, appealing to nationalist and religious sentiments, long suppressed under communism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
It belongs to a different, far bigger and more scholarly book to trace in detail the development of rhetoric teaching and theory between the ancient world and the present day.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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