microphone
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Burns, a retired police officer, looked up from his microphone and hissed back: “Tee-hee-hee, by a bunch of idiots!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
But when a clown’s only trick is shouting into a live microphone, the absolute worst thing that can happen is for the cameras to simply turn off.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
At a Buffalo Sabres playoff ice hockey game in April, a microphone died while the Canadian anthem was being sung and the audience's voices filled in.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Children's profiles must be private by default with their location, camera and microphone turned off, and it should be easy for minors to block or mute users.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
A singer-songwriter with a guitar was now at the microphone, and she started to perform a song.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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We watch coders: And, yes, they’re coding with microphones, they’re coding with headsets, they’re speaking to their code.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
She bought her first fridge with her earnings, as well as a karaoke machine, complete with flashing lights and two microphones, that occupies pride of place in her living room.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
But from what I could tell on Thursday, the member's microphones were live all night, with a backing track doubling their vocals at crucial moments.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
A maracas solo by Ernesto Laya, however, seemed to be too soft to be picked up by the microphones, yet he held a cheering crowd rapt simply by his rhythmic movements.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Flashbulbs went off everywhere and there was a riot of microphones and camcorders in our faces.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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