blare
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In a fire, any person expects to hear the piercing blare of a smoke alarm, yet not a single detector sounded that night.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
All Norma Tactacon can do is pray as the sirens blare.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
The implied message may as well be a reveille blare: Nothing so minor should get in the way of anyone’s aspirations to serve their country.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2025
Mexico’s culture, he wanted to blare, was born long ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
I gritted my teeth, and then before us, broken glass glittered in the blare of the sun like the road was wearing jewelry, and that spot must be the spot.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
It was a rare, unexplained, glitch in a system that blares out warnings of incoming attacks multiple times a day through loudspeaker announcements on the street and metro, and the collective ping of phone notifications.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
Do not attempt any of the stunts you’re about to see, the prefatory caution blares.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
It blares at 113 decibels, on par with a rock concert.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
Loud pop and rock music blares down the entire block, punctuated by the odd cheer and whoop from spectators.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
It blares its crimson color at me like a warning.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
During a recent Pokémon card auction, electronic dance music blared as a fast-talking host flashed a card at the camera.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Children lined up for junior rodeo games just a few feet away from Border Patrol officers, as live country music blared from a massive stage.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Sirens blared, horns honked, and church bells pealed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Before the rally, many gathered lined up to have a quick chat with Tisza candidates to get their autographs and bought Hungarian flags, or Tisza-branded souvenirs and clothing from pop-up vendors as music blared.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
From a passing car radio, the news blared out and echoed between the sidewalks.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
At the funeral service on Wednesday, patriotic songs blaring, the city's deputy mayor Nguyen Manh Cuong said authorities "will not overlook any opportunity or method to continue the journey of searching for the fallen comrades".
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
"We were shooting in town, and someone drove past blaring World of Our Own out of the speakers," he tells Newsbeat.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
He called blaring smartphones a descendant of 1980s boomboxes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
I hadn’t heard them outside of the hits — blame my father, who insisted on blaring Bob Dylan — but it was one of those experiences you wish you could live through on repeat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Somewhere a radio was blaring Bangladesh’s national anthem.
From "Rickshaw Girl" by Mitali Perkins
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