rhetoric
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“While we have that debate, we should de-escalate the rhetoric and tactics and try to have fewer explosions in fewer homes, figuratively and literally.”
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
Vance's rhetoric has also sometimes diverged from Trump's, as happened this week when Vance called the temporary ceasefire a "fragile truce".
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Whatever the risks of his speechifying, you had to admire — here in our age of political infotainment — the natural finesse with which Springsteen threaded his prepared rhetoric into Tuesday’s set.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
The great joke about Puttenham, though, is that he survives not only for his work on rhetoric but as an instance of its effectiveness.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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