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Also Read The Best EPs of 2024 Over more than 30 years in Nashville, Urban has proved to be anything but a twang purist.
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Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 23 Dec. 2024
Steel guitarist Mike Johnson ladled a spiritual twang onto the cut during an overdub session at Blackbird Studio, perpetuating the players’ overall musical mission.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 3 Dec. 2024
Country's crossover year: Beyoncé led a cadre of pop megastars who flirted with country twang this year.
—Adam Tamburin, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
The poignant delivery was paired with Baker’s skilful twangs on banjo and Torres’ talents on the guitar.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2024
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Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 23 Dec. 2024
Steel guitarist Mike Johnson ladled a spiritual twang onto the cut during an overdub session at Blackbird Studio, perpetuating the players’ overall musical mission.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 3 Dec. 2024
Country's crossover year: Beyoncé led a cadre of pop megastars who flirted with country twang this year.
—Adam Tamburin, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
The poignant delivery was paired with Baker’s skilful twangs on banjo and Torres’ talents on the guitar.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2024
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This Christmas Time Tour is, obviously, constructed around Carey’s commandeering of the holiday thanks to a sweet jangle of an anthem.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
2 Dec. 2024
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These are recipes where modernity jangles with the delicious rhythms of the past.—
Scott Hocker,
theweek,
27 Sep. 2024
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Then it all gets tossed with Parmesan for a salty tang.—
Melissa Clark,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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The tang of Zing Zang transports me to the crowded confines of my grandmother’s wet bar, where the adults mixed batches of Bloody Mary’s as family slowly trickled in on Christmas Day.—
Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin,
Southern Living,
22 Dec. 2024
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The pressurized rattle of a hose spigot warns of imminent disaster.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
17 Jan. 2025
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This includes everything parents could need for their little one, including bottles, a bottle warmer, cribs, rattles, strollers, special tubs, toiletries, and more.—
Taylor McIntyre,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Nov. 2024
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Now, new research suggests urination may function in a similar way: Captive chimpanzees that saw their peers peeing were more likely to take a tinkle themselves.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Jan. 2025
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The door chime at their floral and gift shop tinkles every few minutes as another customer and friend comes in to collect their $10 bows.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA TODAY,
12 Sep. 2024
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The latest currency, the world’s newest, came with pomp and fanfare — promotional catchy jingles and songs played repeatedly on public radio, television and online.—
Farai Mutsaka,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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So is Marie Watt’s (b. 1967; Seneca) text jingle blanket.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes,
2 Dec. 2024
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In the coastal towns, surfers line the golden sand beaches and tuk-tuks zip along twisting roads, their horns blending with the rhythmic clink of fishmongers’ knives and the sizzle of hoppers frying in street stalls.—
Christine Chitnis,
Vogue,
8 Jan. 2025
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When given a shake, the piece emits echoing clinks evocative of rushing water.—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
22 Oct. 2024
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The chinks in the armor are most pronounced in the brief glimpses of Hao’s home life; his wife is a lifestyle coach for women and domestic conversations tend to arc towards tense gender essentialism.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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However, some chinks in the armor have been exposed, and Johns failed to claim the No. 1 spot in either Men’s Singles or Men’s Doubles at the end of 2024.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Within hours of arriving, what sounded like a distant peal of thunder rolled in—in this case, the rumble of a harmless, but still awe-inspiring, small-scale avalanche.—
Samantha Falewée,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Oct. 2024
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Many of the ringers wore earplugs or headphones to muffle the deafening peals.—
Joseph Wilson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
8 July 2024
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“Twang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twang. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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