as in roar
loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound
the bowwow coming from the store's returns desk on the day after Christmas
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The rocket booster revved up the 33 engines at its base, sending a loud roar across Starbase, the SpaceX launch site near Brownsville, Texas.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
17 Jan. 2025 -
From the Miami Herald’s archives, here is Michael Crook’s report from March 1989 in Tropic magazine: Donald Trump in Palm Beach: Hitting a roar nerve First published March 19, 1989 The sun has disappeared beyond the middle-class condos of West Palm Beach and the western sky is painted tangerine.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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The high-contrast black-and-white rattle offers plenty of visual appeal for additional stimulation.—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
24 Oct. 2024
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Tribal members dressed in their finest regalia–silver, turquoise, coral, shell, feathers–shake gourd rattles in a ring enclosing the Deer Dancers and two Deer Maidens.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes,
2 Jan. 2025
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This Dash character is hijacking the satellite waves and the speaker systems, interfering with the noise outside and putting my music on — Nolimit music on for the world to hear.—
Kalia Richardson,
Rolling Stone,
18 Jan. 2025
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The Red Sox-Vladimir Guerrero Jr. noise is growing louder.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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Using Cell Phones with Reckless Abandon While the ballpark is filled with cheers and chatter, nobody wants to be seated next to the person who’s loudly carrying on a phone conversation in the middle of it—or have to dodge the hundredth selfie snapped by the person in front of them.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
18 Jan. 2025
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The compressed size of the court and the smaller arena mean players — and fans — will be able to hear much more on-court chatter.—
Remy Tumin,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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In a toast, one of his neighbors gently mocks him for the racket he’s made while constructing an underground fallout shelter.—
Daniel A. Gross,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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When Bencic finished off the set in a tiebreak, Osaka motioned to her box, stuffed her rackets in her bag and headed off the court.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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The cacophony of scooters and cars sometimes drowned the din of the Israeli drone buzzing above.—
Aryn Baker,
New York Times,
30 Dec. 2024
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Rather than make potentially franchise-altering decisions amid the din of an arena floor, surrounded by their rivals and with eagle-eyed fans watching every move from the stands, the organizations are looking for more privacy, as well as saving money on staff travel.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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