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tirade

[tahy-reyd, tahy-reyd] / ˈtaɪ reɪd, taɪˈreɪd /


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The tirade was so pathetic and noneventful that most networks didn’t bother to air it.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

The UN human rights chief, Volker Türk, meanwhile said he deplored "the tirade of incendiary rhetoric being used in the Middle East war by all parties", calling it "sickening".

From BBC Apr. 7, 2026

Simon unleashed a tirade at Coach executive Todd Kahn during their first meeting in the first decade of the 2000s, after the handbag maker tried to renege on deals to open stores in Simon malls.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 23, 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

Gupta caught sight of Headmaster and stopped his tirade.

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins

Just last week he quipped about the president’s overnight posting tirades.

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2026

In a better world, perhaps he’d have had a change of heart and repented of his increasingly intolerant tirades.

From Salon May 8, 2026

The more immediate question is whether Warsh can survive his first months in office without the tirades and confrontation Powell endured for years.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 21, 2026

It’s also the sort of thing that you could imagine Musk spinning out over, causing him to go on late-night X tirades about.

From Slate Apr. 22, 2025

There were few Fischer tirades while playing, but Bobby continued to lose friends and make enemies as a result of his press conferences.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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