hail
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It felt cathartic when he hit that song’s freaked-out chorus — “There’s a bomb in my car!” — in a hail of guitar noise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Anthropic’s Amodei siblings hail from the Rationalist school, as do Sanders’ A.I. whisperers, who got the lawmaker a personal meeting with Yudkowsky about extinction.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
The cabs kept passing him to pick up younger riders just metres away who were using smartphone apps to hail their rides.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
On RateMyProfessors, students remark on Boyagoda’s heavy assignments, tough grading and distaste for cellphones, but also hail his “comedy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
“I’ll drop you at the first rock I see, and you can hail a boat when one passes.”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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