rhetoric
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Three months later, I published a mea culpa, in which I renounced my support for Trump and apologized for my hurtful deeds and rhetoric.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026
Cases like Kelver’s expose key contradictions at the heart of our cherished rhetoric of armed self-defense.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026
Colby, in a series of social-media posts, added that real powers “must sustain our rhetoric with shared defense and security responsibilities.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
By ramping up its rhetoric, is Russia also about to intensify its war?
From BBC • May 26, 2026
She had edited it herself and toned down his rhetoric, so that his argument—that only a unitary government could remove the divisions of regionalism—was clearer.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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