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trumpet

[truhm-pit] / ˈtrʌm pɪt /


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Sax outdid himself by also designing a trumpet with 13 bells; this instrument, later built by his son Adolphe-Édouard, resembles a brass Hydra.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Half of the assembled musicians played on the film’s original soundtrack; star trumpet soloist Bijon Watson can even be seen wailing in the Lighthouse jazz scenes.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

The bleating trumpet on the following “Before I Knew” recalls Mark Isham’s work on the horn when he was in Van Morrison’s band in the early ’80s.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

Monty Norman's surf guitar riff and John Barry's sweeping orchestral scores spawned an entire genre of spy music – full of minor key suspense and piercing stabs of trumpet.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

She saw the Giant take a deep breath and whoof, he blew through the trumpet.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl

In the pop melody “Volveré,” she questions where her heart will remain once she leaves town, as muffled trumpets chime in at the outro.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

Not a day goes by that I don’t read a headline that trumpets the shortage of estrogen patches, which are used to treat the bothersome symptoms of perimenopause and menopause.

From MarketWatch May 12, 2026

Hundreds of protesters stood outside in subzero temperatures and made as much noise as possible—banging pots, blowing whistles, drumming on buckets, blowing trombones and trumpets.

From Slate Feb. 11, 2026

“I was like, OK, I’m going to have to rearrange this. There’s like trumpets and strings, and I’m like, ‘I’m only doing piano.’”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 25, 2025

We could hear the sounds of trumpets and saxophones and other instruments echoing through the hallways, and the choir doing warm-ups in a large room next to our dressing room.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio

When they landed the diving competition for the 2028 Summer Olympics last year, operators of the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center in Pasadena trumpeted it as a gold-medal achievement.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

While the tech has changed since then, the principles the court trumpeted today are evergreen.

From Slate Jul. 1, 2026

Though many big companies have trumpeted their return-to-office mandates, the evidence suggests that the return to the office has stalled out across the broader economy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

The junta trumpeted the election as a return of power to the people and a chance for reconciliation in the civil war.

From Barron's Apr. 10, 2026

Then everyone cheered or bayed or neighed or trumpeted or clapped its wings and the royal pair stood looking solemn and a little shy, but all the nobler for their shyness.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis

But it wasn’t just Fox News trumpeting the study.

From Salon Apr. 13, 2026

But China's own statements have been circumspect, saying it backs the ceasefire but hardly trumpeting its own diplomacy.

From Barron's Apr. 10, 2026

Firms that had banner years would lay siege to hotel ballrooms, trumpeting their good fortune with rip-roaring excesses more suited to an Indian wedding.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 17, 2025

But this year I started receiving emails in late September trumpeting an imminent Santa Claus rally.

From MarketWatch Nov. 11, 2025

A book not so much full of birds as full of evanescence, of blue-winged, trumpeting mysteries.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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