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That excitement was not evident inside the grand ballroom at the JW Marriott in Houston Sunday, as Harbaugh droned on about nature documentaries he shows his team on the day of a game.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2024

Footage posted by Sam Yebri, a former City Council candidate, showed smoke billowing in the street as people yelled and a siren droned.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2023

As the land war droned on, the power of the submarine was being starkly demonstrated on the high seas.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

With a one-of-a-kind museum specimen, researchers recreated the chirp of ancient cricket relatives that droned alongside the dinosaurs.

From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2022

Most of us had heard a version of the address too many times before, and he droned on, killing time with his well-rehearsed nod toward earnestness.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely



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