as in roar
loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound
the blare of horns arising from the long line of cars behind him did nothing to help the motorist get his car started again
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as in to announce
to make known openly or publicly
was it really necessary to blare that private quarrel to the whole world?
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Recent Examples of blare
Jody Rosen, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
The roar of an unseen crowd blares, a deafening noise that rises and falls in enveloping waves.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
Kayla Aletha Welch, Longreads, 19 Nov. 2024
Image Hezbollah fired about 250 projectiles into Israel Waves of air-raid sirens blared throughout much of Israel yesterday, including neighborhoods in the Tel Aviv area, after the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fired about 250 projectiles into the country, the Israeli military said.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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Noun
These needed to be kept at a distance from exploding pyrotechnics and angled away from the blare of the stadium’s public-address system.
—Jody Rosen, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
The roar of an unseen crowd blares, a deafening noise that rises and falls in enveloping waves.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
Verb
Music blared, dancers jumped, men and women threw themselves onto their knees while weeping furiously, phones waved, children balanced precariously on dusty shoulders, banners rose and fell against the soaring baroque stone.
—Kayla Aletha Welch, Longreads, 19 Nov. 2024
Image Hezbollah fired about 250 projectiles into Israel Waves of air-raid sirens blared throughout much of Israel yesterday, including neighborhoods in the Tel Aviv area, after the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fired about 250 projectiles into the country, the Israeli military said.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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But for a few hours a day, the 4-month-old pygmy hippo springs to life, gumming on leaves, zooming around the compound and tossing her head in a silent, open-mouthed roar.Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
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The roars that greet Ohio State’s three-and-out to start the game double as an enormous exhale.Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
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The weighty subject of Whitehead’s novel seems to demand a straight story—the kind that announces its respect for the material through impressively unvarnished performances, dutiful attention to period trappings, a tasteful approach to the story’s violence.K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
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The commutations announced Thursday are for people who have served out home confinement sentences for at least one year after they were released.Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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The decoy did make a noticeable clicking noise when spinning.Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024
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An example of this includes better processing of cybersecurity data by separating signal from noise.Eric Sydell, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Every American of faith can now confidently proclaim that nativity scenes and other religious symbols can be freely displayed at courthouses, city halls, parks, and holiday festivals.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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Big black letters on either side of the flatbed proclaimed ART IS … O’Grady, then 48, had decided to become an artist just six years before, after two marriages, an attempt at a novel, and stints as a translator and rock critic.Jillian Steinhauer, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
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Watch: Cannabis room shakes as magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes California Another video from California shows plants and overhead lights in a cannabis grow room rattle as the magnitude 7.0 quake strikes.Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
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Hallmark delivers every year with charming designs, like this $9 stacking toy ornament and stunning baby rattle.Katrina Cossey, Parents, 6 Dec. 2024
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In a study published in the journal Nature Communications, a team of researchers describe a previously unknown prehistoric creature that would have been vaguely dog-like in appearance, albeit with noticeable differences.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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According to a Bloomberg report published last week, Antivari owed millions in an unpaid debt to his former business partner, the Italian fintech tycoon Andrea Pignataro.George Nelson for ArtNews, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2024
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Hong Kong and Mainland China grinded higher, led by growth stocks and consumer subsectors on chatter of holiday season vouchers and in anticipation of the post-CEWC release’s pro-consumption and fiscal policy expansion.Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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The chatter began as soon as Trump first announced that Vance would join him on the Republican presidential ticket.Jeremiah Poff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Dec. 2024
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Which really is the state question, it was legally declared so in 1996.Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Then the City Section declared seven players ineligible right before the playoffs began and made the Gauchos ineligible for next year’s playoffs.Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Blare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blare. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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