deafening
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"It was still anybody's game and the noise was deafening," said Banks.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
The incessant sales pitches are buffeted by the usual deafening pounding music, which makes Vin Scully Avenue seem like Las Vegas Boulevard.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
When a deafening drone tore a hole in her roof in northern Iraq, Iranian Kurd Amine Poursaid, gripped by fear of another attack, packed her family's belongings and prepared to escape.
From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026
For a recurring exhibition that is often chided for its deafening, in-your-face messaging, this edition of the show is all but silent; for a show that’s known—almost famous—for generating controversy, this outing is entirely anodyne.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
With the usual deafening scraping noise, the benches were moved back and the hundreds of students began to file out of the Great Hall toward their dormitories.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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