peroration
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He was the very archetype of a Supreme Court orator, engaging in booming perorations and lightning-fast exchanges with the judges.
From BBC • Oct. 12, 2022
Zhao’s script, co-written with Patrick Burleigh, Ryan Firpo and Kaz Firpo, alternates between generic lines like “Run!” and “Watch out!” and leaden, self-serious perorations.
From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2021
So it was probably a form of salvation that Campbell died at 61, when his greatest achievements could still be remembered relatively free from his later perorations.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2018
Sometimes, of course, these perorations are quite personal.
From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2018
He was not given to making perorations of this sort, and now that it was over he wondered rather why he'd done it.
From Men, Women and Guns by McNeile, H. C. (Herman Cyril)
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