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crier

[krahy-er] / ˈkraɪ ər /










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Are you a big crier in your everyday life?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

“I’m not a big crier, but I just lost it.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026

“I’m a weird crier with movies. Like I won’t cry after I won the Super Bowl. I didn't cry when my kids were born,” he said.

From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2025

In Lisburn, events begin early with a D-Day proclamation read by a town crier from the Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum at 08:00.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2024

In the morning, she heard the town crier walking past the house, beating a loud ogene.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Enlisting high cheekboned town criers isn’t the worst idea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Fox News: It’s been said you and June Allyson were the town criers of MGM.

From Fox News ● Mar. 20, 2021

When Ayub returned to the village, he informed two town criers — saingom — that the authorities had handed down additional rules.

From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2019

Meanwhile, the union jack-suited royal obsessives and self-styled town criers have been demanding information for their travel plans to the birth.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 18, 2019

For a person like Lelia, who grew up with hollerers and criers, mine is the worst response.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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