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crooning

NOUN
singing
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For many, the waterfront that Lebanese singer Fairouz immortalised in 1961 -- crooning about "the coast of Alexandria, coast of love" -- is no more.

From Barron's Feb. 25, 2026

The label is fitting in part on a literal level because Gunn ends his movie on Superman’s smiling face with the song “Punkrocker,” which features Iggy Pop crooning, “I’m a punkrocker, yes I am.”

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 7, 2026

No amount of Kate Bush’s heroic crooning will save them.

From Salon Nov. 24, 2025

At a Moscow concert hall, Shohruhmirzo Ganiyev is crooning about love and his motherland, Uzbekistan.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2025

He watched as the mother comforted the child by rhythmically bouncing up and down and crooning to him.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park




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