harangue
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This so riled the Cuban foreign minister and his subordinates that they marched all the way to the stage to shout and harangue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
For most Americans, it’s common sense: You don’t harangue your coworkers because of personal beliefs and behaviors, just because they’re different from yours.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2025
The police arrive, and the locals harangue them for doing too little.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2024
“We will not allow Red Rose Rescue to harass and harangue New Yorkers with their outrageous militant tactics.”
From Washington Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
Interrupting her harangue, I asserted that the simplest form for any regular polymeric molecule was a helix.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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Basic dishonesty is a feature of all such harangues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Dickinson plays a supporting part in “Urchin” as a feral bum who steals wallets and harangues shopkeepers, but what you really notice is his generous spirit.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2025
Prigozhin somewhat toned down his harangues against the military leadership after that, but remained defiant.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2023
It contains one sequence from a local TV programme where a young Johnson, sporting long hair, harangues a group of politicians for ruining the environment of his native Canvey Island.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2022
These threatening harangues managed to delay matters, but the Deep South lacked the votes.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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Brecht’s furiously unsentimental farces got him harangued — first by the Nazis, then by the House Un-American Activities Committee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
"I am not opening the store unless you leave," a manager shouted, as customers harangued her, with another member of staff telling AFP only two air conditioners had been delivered.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
“All true patriots must wake to the cry of danger,” he harangued.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
The West Australian newspaper harangued England through Perth airport, called them crybabys, arrogant and cocky.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
He harangued the others in a braying voice and punctuated his statements by poking them in the chest with a finger.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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On later visits, Hitler stayed at the Hotel Elephant, which, located by the market square, was more convenient for haranguing the public.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Duell’s co-stars shared their thoughts in the Instagram comments, simultaneously congratulating and haranguing him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2024
But Ackman “can’t believe this is happening” and is posting nonstop about his attempts to intimidate the publication by haranguing its parent company.
From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2024
“You’ve spent your whole career berating and haranguing politicians,” Brand responded.
From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
On a scarlet- draped platform an orator of the Inner Party, a small lean man with disproportionately long arms and a large, bald skull over which a few lank locks straggled, was haranguing the crowd.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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