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
“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,” Altman wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
But Chinese authorities and state media have heaped bitter rhetoric against him, calling him a "troublemaker" and "warmonger".
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Yet Mr. Trump’s over-the-top rhetoric about Iran’s civilizational erasure came the same day he engaged in relaxed and jokey conversation with the Artemis astronauts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Aristotle drew up a whole list of “topics”—like “invention” and “proof,” the term has a special force in rhetoric.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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