tirade
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And there are questions about the the motive of the tirade against Pope Leo.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
A disheveled man sick of endless waiting launched into an eloquent tirade ending with Samuel Beckett -- "You know what happened in the story of Godot? He never came."
From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026
In the years since it aired, Banks’ infamous tirade, “I was rooting for you! We were all rooting for you!”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026
Reichert walked out of the bar to the crowded parking lot, and Wilson continued his tirade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025
James Jackson actually made menacing faces at the Quakers in the gallery, called them outright lunatics, then launched into a tirade so emotional and incoherent that reporters in the audience had difficulty recording his words.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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