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loud

[laud] / laʊd /




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Nor is it loud and dry like that of a severely under-caffeinated customer who’s annoyed that the barista is holding up the line to chat with a regular.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

I think about that aspect later in the evening during “Star 69,” which from the outside seems like a simple rock ‘n’ roll song, very loud guitar matched by breathless, insistent loud vocals.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

A well-delivered line about Ms. Graham’s “not my thing” blunder drew loud laughter and applause.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

"It's not working for the Broadway productions that are interrupted by loud noise blaring from pedicabs outside their theaters," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Now she’s said the words out loud, what am I meant to do with them?

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Meanwhile, the chorus of people who claim to have never heard the song grows louder every single day.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

My suffering was trying to tell me something, quietly at first, then louder, until I had to listen.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

The boos started late in the first half, with the Packers trailing 17-7, and got louder and more frequent as the game — and the team’s woes — continued.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

But the backlash against Macklemore only grew louder, and included a petition by the Israeli-American Council urging Sheeran to remove him from the tour.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Not only that, but I can hear Dad and Aunt Melissa getting louder in the living room.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

If we only focus on shouting the loudest, nothing will ever change.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Garry Tan, who runs the startup incubator Y Combinator, is among the loudest of those voices, casting safety-driven regulation as a threat to the small companies that cannot absorb its costs.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

It seems the loudest message of all that Albanians have for Rama is: We are not giving up.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

Ron spasms under his desk, stifled by the small space; a colleague dries a co-worker’s hair with a piece of paper after blowing bubbles in it; Ron does the loudest meal prep you’ll ever hear.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

It was the loudest thing Natalie had ever heard, and she had to cover her ears.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz




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