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tirade

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


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Last week Raice summoned the foreign staff to a virtual meeting and delivered a 15-minute tirade that Status obtained on audio and later released in full.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

Meanwhile, the actor was seen launching a furious tirade at Bullard after the footballer almost caused his premature departure.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 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

Ma starts a tirade, but Sunny doesn't back down.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

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

Few if any of even Kim Jong-un’s looniest tirades match these posts for their wild-eyed savagery.

From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026

Eye-popping tirades in his native Serbian towards them were a regular sight.

From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2025

But our own narrative need to understand her — to try to solve her anguish — makes us comb through her tirades looking for clues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025

“Pudge is done with staring out the window, and I’m done with going on tirades about it, but he’s a terrible teacher, and you won’t convince me otherwise.”

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green


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