crier
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The ignoble battle ends when a neighbor, Mrs. Prothero, shouts that her house is on fire, “announcing ruin like a town crier in Pompeii.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
He continued dance-walking down the long city block, the time-traveling Black town crier was waking up all those who would listen.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2025
If it’s any consolation, you’re not an ugly crier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2024
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
The holding cell was cold, and I had to share it with this kid who kept crying and another who was picking on the crier.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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
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
He had many criers on that damnable highway.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2018
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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