Example Sentences

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Just last week he quipped about the president’s overnight posting tirades.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

In a better world, perhaps he’d have had a change of heart and repented of his increasingly intolerant tirades.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

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

There were few Fischer tirades while playing, but Bobby continued to lose friends and make enemies as a result of his press conferences.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady