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microphone

noun as in instrument that transforms sound waves into electric currents

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It was just three days earlier when Judge found himself surrounded by cameras and microphones on Saturday, having to explain how he yet again had shrunk when the Yankees needed him most.

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“I don’t want to keep doing this. I’m going to call it,” she said, before trying to remove her microphone.

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Later, at a holiday party, a sergeant speaking over a microphone at an event referred to Clasby’s young child as her and her husband’s “f— trophy,” according to the lawsuit.

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But they're always nearby - behind a microphone, at a keyboard, or in the stands - ready to pounce after a mistake.

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"I feel with power comes responsibility. Every time someone puts a microphone next to you, there's a chance to talk about issues, to generate conversation," he says.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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