rhetoric
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I also think that the surrounding rhetoric, the temper of the times that we live in, really matters, you know, that judges in general have always been treated with a certain amount of respect.
From Slate • May 12, 2026
In it, she condemned the killing and also quoted some of Kirk’s rhetoric and noted that many felt harmed by it.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
"I agree that hateful and violent rhetoric is something we should reject," he later said on-air.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
The rhetoric we use to define how we nourish ourselves has always mattered.
From Salon • May 7, 2026
Indeed, they are but distant cousins: logos in rhetoric being another of those bendy shadows cast on the wall of Plato’s well-known cave.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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