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cacophony

noun as in dissonance

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Pavements remain scarred by bullet holes and ruined buildings still line many streets, but the city's cacophony is now one of construction, not destruction.

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The children carried on at full volume, a cacophony of shouting and taunting and weeping.

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Lord Fredrick pointed his weapon every which way, causing a cacophony of shouts and screams to rise from the assembled guests.

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In his sophomore feature, Fabbro, who previously directed the 2021 romantic thriller “The Grand Bolero,” juxtaposes the quiet grace of Igor’s modest life with the cacophony and commercialism of contemporary truffle auctions.

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It was a busy evening as usual on Monday near the Red Fort metro station in India's capital Delhi when the sound of a loud explosion broke the cacophony.

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