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Recent Examples of chirp
Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2024
For nearly an hour, there were no sounds—no laughs, no cricket chirps, no ticking of a clock.
—Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Peter Nelson, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
The chirp of car lockings seems to ruffle some feathers.
—Axios Portland, Axios, 4 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Because, really, who doesn't love digging into a favorite dish while feeling the breeze against their cheek, the birds chirping, and the grass under their toes?
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2024
For nearly an hour, there were no sounds—no laughs, no cricket chirps, no ticking of a clock.
—Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Noun
Coming off the clutch in between shifts lets out a nice chirp from the rear tires, and while the flat-four may sound a bit gravelly at idle, its tone turns to a fierce, baritone bark from the midrange until its 7,000 RPM redline.
—Peter Nelson, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
The chirp of car lockings seems to ruffle some feathers.
—Axios Portland, Axios, 4 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chirp
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Born of a distant solar flare, Lux the Wise Owl peeps out from the Tree at the End of Time, ruby eyes blazing.Kate Matthams, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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To help you get started, peep our editors’ absolute favorite finds, including shockingly cheap bookshelves, cute washable rugs, and the Anthropologie mirror.Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 29 Nov. 2024
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There’s no dialogue, at least none decipherable to human ears — everything is a symphony of meows, woofs, squawks, grunts, squeaks, squeals and simian cries.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
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Flocks of sparrows and parrots chirp and squawk in the palms overhead.Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 9 June 2024
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China was a major economic growth area for the NBA, but the relationship was fractured five years ago when then-Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted an image supporting protests in Hong Kong.Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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Ian Wright tweeted the word ‘Leno’ with several clapping emojis.Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 17 Dec. 2024
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Phill Simon and his family were sleeping in their Glen Park home when the screech of tornado alerts going off on their phones woke them up.Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 14 Dec. 2024
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The climax is protracted but darkly thrilling: ugly secrets spill into the open, winged monkeys screech and scatter, and Elphaba comes into full possession of her powers.Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
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The poor bat’s squeals lingered with me through the night.Jack King, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
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There’s no dialogue, at least none decipherable to human ears — everything is a symphony of meows, woofs, squawks, grunts, squeaks, squeals and simian cries.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
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Afterward, enjoy Season’s Eating such as warm strudel, piping hot poutine, potato pancakes and more including holiday beverages.Roger Sands, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Cortina’s pajamas are made from Italian organic cotton with turn-back cuffs, and have been dyed and piped to his specifications in a rainbow of colors including blue, mint and orchid pink.Samantha Conti, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
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And on Thursday night, Ken Carter was one of about two dozen people inside a basketball gym, where the only signs a game was taking place were the squeaks of sneakers and four buzzers to signal the end of each quarter.Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
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There’s no dialogue, at least none decipherable to human ears — everything is a symphony of meows, woofs, squawks, grunts, squeaks, squeals and simian cries.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
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Where birds and frogs and rodents once chirped and croaked and chittered, the forest is silent, save for the sounds of passing cars.Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 June 2024
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Much of the internet chittering around TTPD has been over which songs are about Healy vs. which are about Taylor Swift’s other recent ex, Joe Alwyn.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2024
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“Chirp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chirp. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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