trumpet
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But the tracks are enriched with synthesizers, violin, flute, trumpet and clarinet — all five members are multi-instrumentalists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Sachie Mikawa said she was "heartbroken" when her trumpet, gifted to her by her late father, and her vintage melodica went missing from the Rotunda Theatre earlier this week.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Mikawa, who now lives in London with her partner, said the stolen trumpet was one of the only items to survive when her family lost everything in the Tōhoku earthquake in 2011.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Korkejian sourced many of those sounds from instruments she first picked up as a child, returning to the trumpet — her second instrument after piano — and experimenting with tuba and valve trombone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
A real musician, who actually deserved to be trumpet section leader.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
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The enigmatic trumpets sounded at the film’s beginning re-enter, their meaning now terribly clear; the orchestra convulses and collapses, and Alex marches upstairs, shown in an aerial shot punctuated with doleful timpani.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
“Two trumpets and a tuba, accompanied by thousands of snare drums.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Not a day goes by that I don’t read a headline that trumpets the shortage of estrogen patches, which are used to treat the bothersome symptoms of perimenopause and menopause.
From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026
Hundreds of protesters stood outside in subzero temperatures and made as much noise as possible—banging pots, blowing whistles, drumming on buckets, blowing trombones and trumpets.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2026
We wait, for the hovercraft to take Cato's remains, for the trumpets of victory that should follow, but nothing happens.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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Ford trumpeted the depth of his receiving corps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
We trumpeted their classy goals and their adventurous play a week ago and wrongly assumed that they had gumption to go with it.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
While the tech has changed since then, the principles the court trumpeted today are evergreen.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
In the past, the former New York property magnate has often trumpeted a negotiating style that relies on maximalist positions in order to extract more from a deal.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
He banned screenings of the racist film The Birth of a Nation and trumpeted black heroes like the boxer Jack Johnson.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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But China's own statements have been circumspect, saying it backs the ceasefire but hardly trumpeting its own diplomacy.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
And a triumphant U.S. president trumpeting a quick and easy campaign.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026
It is a profound psychological shift for a continent that has rebuilt itself after two world wars by trumpeting a message of harmony and joint economic prosperity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
But this year I started receiving emails in late September trumpeting an imminent Santa Claus rally.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2025
When a policyholder died, Spaulding placed advertisements trumpeting the delivery of the Mutual check as if the person had won the lottery.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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