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bugle call



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City Hall, which dates to the 16th century, toots out a cheerful jazz bugle call several times a day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

This is the position soldiers assume every day on an army post as the flag is lowered and the bugle call “Retreat” is played.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2024

Still, it’s hardly an overstatement to suggest that feat — not to mention Leiweke’s zero-carbon bugle call challenging other sports power brokers to match it — barely registers among fans.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2023

A couple of runners on base might prompt a bugle call and a canned response: “Charge!”

From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2020

A moment later there came the bugle call: Dan, Dan, Dan, Butterfield, Butterfield, then forward.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara




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