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horn

[hawrn] / hɔrn /


NOUN
antler
Synonyms
NOUN
cornet
Synonyms
STRONG






NOUN
siren
Synonyms
NOUN
siren
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NOUN
trumpet
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As Stankiewicz attempted to utter another sentence, the train’s ear-piercing horn sounded.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

The musician, who died Monday at age 95, honed a deeply individual sound on his horn and penned several jazz standards in a career that spanned more than half a century.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

“I used to blow my horn back at the boats when the boats would blow,” he told the Washington Post.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Jamie Spence, 52, from Writtle, near Chelmsford, was spotted by a police officer while sounding his horn outside Braintree station on 4 December last year.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

We hear the mournful horn of the lanchita, the ferry that goes back and forth from Havana to Regla, as it sets off yet again across the harbor.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar




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