microphone
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Stand-up comedy is a solo art, and by going it alone with a microphone Gillis built a huge following, starting with men also feeling policed over what they could say or laugh about.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Upon retiring in 1992, Smith Jr. moved behind a microphone, teaming with Scott Kaplan on a popular radio show on the Mighty 1090, a station that went off the air in 2019.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
During a dance class for the prisoners, a crew of rappers took over the microphone and began freestyling.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Known as oto-acoustic emissions, these sounds can be detected by placing a sensitive microphone inside the ear canal.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
He was wearing a microphone looped over his ear.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
Journalists crowd together in the hope of hearing from him, microphones are thrust into the air and camera operators stretch above the crowd for the briefest glimpse of the game's biggest star.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
“Shaping Sounds” offers considerable technical information about microphones, recording equipment and studio layout—a valuable document from the era of analog recording.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
It is being recorded as part of work harnessing hidden microphones, cameras and artificial intelligence to reveal the secrets of species living deep in the rainforest and help protect them.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
How will he react when 185 million microphones are pointed at him?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
The Washington marching band now took up a position in the observation room, switched on the microphones, and began to play dance music.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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