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chorus

[kawr-uhs, kohr-] / ˈkɔr əs, ˈkoʊr- /




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The keening chorus is anchored by Roger Troutman, who enjoyed a series of 1980s hits with sprays of talk-box-warped vocals, while the blasting beat was produced by Dr. Dre, the chief architect of G-funk.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

In his first at-bat of the game, he lifted a solo home run into the left-field bleachers and trotted around the bases to a chorus of boos.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

To illustrate my point, consider the three occasions over the last decade when I devoted a column to taking issue with a chorus of voices calling for Cook to step down.

From MarketWatch Aug. 2, 2026

Now that you have the sweet chorus of “Can you take me higher?” in your head, our work here is done.

From Slate Jul. 30, 2026

By the time I slipped into my backyard, the sound of the fire engine had joined the chorus.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

And just like she promises in my summer staple, Bonnie Tyler’s huge choruses and blockbuster anthems will be ravishing us until the end of this endless night.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

Paired with bubbly disco grooves and chant-along choruses, the band became gay icons overnight.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

With its surging choruses and humorous arias and recitatives, to say nothing of its jazzy harmonies and dance rhythms, it possesses an irresistible satiric edge while still evoking American certitude amid Cold War challenges.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

Blending folk-infused pop songs with anthemic choruses, he has built a reputation for emotionally open songwriting.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

They sing arias, recitatives, choruses supported by an orchestra.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Another Slate colleague, at a bar in southern Italy, reported that all the Americans similarly looked at their phones at once and chorused “Guilty!”

From Slate May 30, 2024

“We are revolutionaries. We are free,” they chorused.

From Seattle Times Oct. 25, 2021

One pocket of the room raised their glasses, chorused “Hopp Suisse!” and drained them.

From Washington Post Jun. 21, 2018

“Is this the Emirates?” they chorused, getting in two digs for the price of one.

From The Guardian Dec. 5, 2015

“Good afternoon, sir!” we chorused eagerly, bumping fists with him.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

It can be hard on the eardrums when all those cicadas get together in those trees and start chorusing.

From Seattle Times Apr. 1, 2024

This time, you have chosen to call in, to take a couple of minutes of your day to hear some Hall and Oates, or “My Old Kentucky Home,” or a tinny recording of chorusing cicadas.

From Slate Jun. 24, 2021

The 78ers follow the First Nations and the crowd is cheering and grinning, cries of “Thank you!” chorusing up from the stands.

From The Guardian Mar. 3, 2018

Arkansas is also home to annual cicadas, which will emerge and begin their chorusing.

From Washington Times Jun. 8, 2015

Battle of Blenheim" there is, however, an occasional burden line; and in the smashing "March to Moscow" there is a great chorusing about— "Morbleu!

From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston




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