cacophonous
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It’s already quite hot inside my shoebox apartment as the radiators clank away, drowning out my upstairs neighbor’s heavy footsteps with their cacophonous symphony.
From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026
A cacophonous, wraparound self-portrait more than 40 feet tall by 70 feet long, it’s not just a visual assault, it’s too massive to be experienced in its setting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025
This has brought more traffic and given the city a cacophonous soundtrack of honking horns.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2025
“EAT THE SUN,” they chanted together, while making cacophonous sounds with their instruments.
From Slate • Apr. 8, 2024
The politics of the 1790s was a truly cacophonous affair.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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