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Brian Seibert, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
Down the hall from the hedgehog, staff fed trilling birds — no bigger than the palm of a hand — with tweezers and syringes.
—Jess McHugh, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
Theodore R. Johnson, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
The multidimensional performer brought the audience back to the land of 2000s R&B, with the same smooth vocal trills and electric dance moves that distinguished him as a pillar of the contemporary R&B scene.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 27 July 2024
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Verb
Percussive footwork was multiplied in tight unison, groups moved in handsome lines and circles, castanets trilled and soloists broke out in displays of expertise.
—Brian Seibert, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
Down the hall from the hedgehog, staff fed trilling birds — no bigger than the palm of a hand — with tweezers and syringes.
—Jess McHugh, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
Noun
The red-winged blackbirds announce their approach with a trill, then muscle the others out of the way.
—Theodore R. Johnson, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
The multidimensional performer brought the audience back to the land of 2000s R&B, with the same smooth vocal trills and electric dance moves that distinguished him as a pillar of the contemporary R&B scene.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 27 July 2024
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Rita also sings a variety of jazz standards, and in one early scene, brings a crowd to tears warbling an original tune for her 9-year-old son (Elliott Heffernan).Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
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This is the iconic horror baddie he was meant to play, a deeply unnerving dollmaker who warbles with musical malevolence, confounds the law with his Zodiac-like ciphers, and lives for glam rock and killing sprees.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 July 2024
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The White House on Monday joined city, state and Jewish community leaders in Ohio condemning a small group who marched through Columbus on Saturday chanting racial slurs and white nationalist slogans while carrying Nazi flags.Patrick Smith, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2024
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More:Israeli soccer fans attacked in incident linked to antisemitism in Amsterdam After Maccabi fans burned a Palestinian flag and chanted racist slogans, violence overtook the city's downtown.Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024
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These insects will mate and chorus for at least six weeks before the 17-year cycle starts again.Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2024
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Read More: The 2024 Cicada Emergence Is Coming, Here’s Everything to Know The Broods Could Sound like Sirens Male cicadas will chorus to their hearts’ content in the spring and summer of 2024.Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2024
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The reflections of the icebergs quavered in the water, which was blue to the edge of purple.Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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Odysseus asks, his voice quavering, revealing his insecurity upon returning home after a 20-year absence.Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2024
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“Trill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trill. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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