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loud

[loud] / laʊd /




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It was almost impossible to hear the presentation because the volume was turned up so loud that the sound was distorted.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

Mel might be a disaster with her loud mouth and impolite antics, but her over-the-top meddling does her buddies some good.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Thinking out loud and swallowing it back, basically.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2026

He wore loud, pastel shirts and pants, inevitably embellished with whatever he’d had for lunch.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

We sit at the table, and Lou’s in the middle of serving us some sweet tea when we hear loud thumping from heavy footsteps outside the kitchen.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Indeed, every fast-food brand is trying to find a new, louder way into the game.

From Slate Aug. 24, 2026

As loud as the dinos may be, the audience roars even louder.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

But the fight over denials has grown louder in recent years, as Americans and their clinicians have become increasingly frustrated with the U.S. health-insurance system due to soaring costs and rising rates of denials.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

Dissent got louder after the twin quakes that struck northern Venezuela on June 24, killing over 6,000 people and decimating hundreds of buildings.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

“You’re the one who has stepped into my pocket realm. I should be the one with trust issues,” the voice said, getting louder and louder.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

The genre or at least the loudest instrument shifts every couple hundred feet until we reach the fireworks.

From Salon Aug. 11, 2026

Cristian Capotescu, an associate director at Columbia’s Trust Collaboratory who studies social trust, noticed the loudest voices were drowning out a silent majority.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

This is the loudest central-bank week of the summer, and Wall Street is watching the wrong meeting.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

Red was the loudest colour in the huge crowds of bereaved wearing black.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

She especially loves the one about the girl in the sea tower, and for that she claps the loudest.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar




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