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Recent Examples of whistle
Benjamin Kemper, Saveur, 8 Jan. 2025
The innies’ courageous efforts to blow the whistle on their employer have worked.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
Eric Nehm, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
Dad could whistle birdsong as lovely as the real thing.
—Sallie Tisdale, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Then, with everyone snug in their cabins, a sharp whistle blows.
—Benjamin Kemper, Saveur, 8 Jan. 2025
The innies’ courageous efforts to blow the whistle on their employer have worked.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
As Antetokounmpo slid, Johnson fell on top of him and the officials whistled the Hawks forward for a foul.
—Eric Nehm, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
Dad could whistle birdsong as lovely as the real thing.
—Sallie Tisdale, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whistle
Noun
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From the hole came a sudden whoosh, followed by a plume of smoke.—
Michael Holtz,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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Who needs words when the soundtrack is flush with the rush of natural sounds – the groan and crack of swaying trees, the whoosh of water.—
Peter Rainer,
The Christian Science Monitor,
27 Nov. 2024
Verb
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This causes children to wheeze and have all sorts of noisy breathing.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
15 Jan. 2025
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The Heat, wheezing into town after a double-overtime loss in Sacramento the night before, didn’t have Jimmy Butler and beat the Warriors by 16 points, capping a 3-3 homestand that felt more disastrous than decent considering context.—
Anthony Slater,
The Athletic,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Take Nike, for example; most consumers would recognize the sports brand simply by its swoosh before seeing the brand name or reading a slogan.—
Jessica Wong,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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They’re highly rated and the pink swoosh adds just a touch of whimsy to an otherwise simple shoe.—
Maggie Horton,
People.com,
2 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Still, emergency officials allowed residents to trickle back into their neighborhoods starting Thursday but cautioned them to be careful as hissing gas lines continued to spew fires from leveled properties and a thick layer of smoke hung over the area.—
Nathan Solis,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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True, crowds were noisier and more raucous in audible expressions of engagement — hissing, cheering, applauding, with an occasional wisecrack shouted out — but the responses were collective and inspired by the story on screen.—
Thomas Doherty,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Related Articles In menswear, the offer goes from reversible jackets to coats that become vests through a zip.—
Andrea Onate,
WWD,
16 Jan. 2025
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It's also designed with a front slip pocket with Coach's iconic turn-lock closure, a back zip pocket, and an internal snap pocket.—
Wendy Vazquez,
Southern Living,
10 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The most common countermeasures are hiring contractors to re-install piles into the ground in the spring or bubbling – propeller fans blowing warm water from the bottom up, which keep an area ice-free.—
Lauren Carpenter,
USA TODAY,
18 Jan. 2025
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Some springs no longer bubble up from the aquifer and even the largest are now seeing their flow steadily reduced.—
Greg Allen,
NPR,
17 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The tech industry’s honeymoon period with the US government has fizzled, and both Trump and his successor, President Joe Biden, took a skeptical stance toward tech CEOs, albeit for different reasons.—
Jess Weatherbed,
The Verge,
16 Jan. 2025
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But the initiative fizzled after the pandemic crippled air travel, and the contract with BGR was terminated after one quarter.—
Mark Walker,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The team did this by projecting images indicating forward movement when the animal swished its tail.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
7 Jan. 2025
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The monitor called out the instructions, and the exam papers, swishing open at the same time, created a pulse of air.—
Daisy Hildyard,
The New Yorker,
15 Dec. 2024
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“Whistle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whistle. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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