rhetoric
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“For the amount of rhetoric and noise that there’s been around this, the efforts to change the policies have really flopped,” Avore said.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2026
Cotlar compared her rhetoric to a conservative anti-communist newspaper publisher he’s been researching: Walter Huss.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
“The rhetoric was ferocious, but the punch less so,” said Daniel Fried, a former U.S. diplomat now at the Atlantic Council.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Public rhetoric on both sides reached a fever pitch on Monday, but some officials struck a more diplomatic tone on Tuesday with hopes that talks could be resumed.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Analogy, in political rhetoric, is the whiff of that burp.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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