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whistle

[wis-uhl, hwis-] / ˈwɪs əl, ˈʰwɪs- /


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Just a couple of days after the final whistle, Jackson started to feel unwell during the night.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

You give one of those sort of regal dogs from Great Britain — those people in kilts and they blow a tiny whistle that no one can hear and the dog runs for 300 miles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

So the explosion of emotion at the full-time whistle - after Jay Dasilva's goal settled matters - felt like Sky Blue heaven.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Tyler Shultz was among several Theranos employees who voiced concerns inside the company about what they saw as troubling practices and was the first to blow the whistle to a state regulator.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2022

Still, I could already hear that train whistle calling, could already see those tracks pointing toward the white-capped mountains of Colorado.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

This property came with plenty of bells and whistles as well: a $200,000 candy room, a 2,500-bottle wine cellar loaded with cases of Dom Perignon, and an art installation featuring a chrome machine gun.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Secular Israelis were prepared with a counter-protest, blowing whistles to drown out the chants and with some wearing pink lapel buttons showing a middle finger.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

That saves time and money for network operators who don’t want or need an operating system with lots of bells and whistles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

In other words, people may think they want trendy appliances, but they sometimes have lots of bells and whistles they don’t end up using.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

Air whistles through my teeth as I slowly let out a deep breath.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

The crowd gathered at the Trump International Golf Links in Doonbeg for the trophy presentation whistled and cheered at the news.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

The two women whistled and shook a bag of food in the hope of drawing out a cat gone missing for days.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Audiences showered confetti, clapped and whistled when his name appeared in the opening credits.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

"I whistled it because we were making a cowboy song and I wanted the drop to not be my vocal."

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

He whistled while he found his slate and pencil.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

Blume's speech was repeatedly interrupted by jeering and whistling, a person present at the meeting told AFP, and workers held aloft signs saying: "Don't balance your books with our jobs".

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

Newer cars and trucks employ opposite frequency technology, which lowers road noise, silicone-based coating on door seals that cuts virtually all high-frequency whistling, and noise-dampening designs on windows, to name a few technologies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

There’s a perfectly non-racial explanation for all of the cat and dog whistling.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

“Orange County” is my particular favorite track; it feels light and upbeat with some whistling throughout — yet lyrically explores grief while also giving this feeling of hope in the darkness.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

He was so full of joy, though, that the whistling was, well, it was amazing.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata


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