strident

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Gabbard’s testimony was of particular interest because, prior to joining the Trump administration, she was known for her strident and uncompromising anti-war philosophy.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

Sometimes he’s gotten called out for being too loud, too strident.

From Slate • Dec. 11, 2025

Smith’s provocations are often stunning; her prose is thrillingly strident; but her fiction better captures the messiness of public and private selves at war with each other.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2025

But beyond the strident rhetoric lies a good story about race, power and the exploitation of gridiron heroes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Years later, a friend’s offhand mention that Bobby probably had every expectation of winning his first game against a chess master elicited a strident rebuke: “Of course not!”

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady