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America's NATO allies have been shaken by Trump's harangue against them in Brussels over their underspending on defense, and his unrestrained effort to curry favor with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Helsinki.
Source: tatoeba (9639667)
These proverbs, which contained the wisdom of many ages and nations, I assembled and form'd into a connected discourse prefix'd to the Almanack of 1757, as the harangue of a wise old man to the people attending an auction.
Source: tatoeba (11628879)
She gave her son a harangue about the dangers of playing in the street.
Source: wiktionary
The priest took thirty minutes to deliver his harangue on timeliness, making the entire service run late.
Source: wiktionary
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Closest matches include rant, address, after-dinner speech, allocution, assailing.
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