rhetorical

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Culhane’s impression of the conservative pundit was pretty impressive, capturing his cadence and habit of using rhetorical questions — I hope we see it again.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

In a concurring opinion, Gorsuch stated the stakes more plainly by posing a rhetorical question: If the president’s argument was given credence, then “what do we make of the Constitution’s text?”

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2026

That theme and his considerable rhetorical gifts would make him a national political figure by the end of the 1980s and one of the most influential Democratic power brokers of his era.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

On the rhetorical Richter scale of presidential admonishments, this was seen by the prime minister's team as pretty minor, not least because later in the same exchanges Trump described Xi as a "friend".

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

He turned around now to look at me, for he was still dueling, posing a rhetorical question, almost a joke.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin