trumpet
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The last thing she wants to do is be reminded that she used to play trumpet in a marching band.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Collins, more than most appropriators, likes to trumpet the dollars she brings home.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
But the tracks are enriched with synthesizers, violin, flute, trumpet and clarinet — all five members are multi-instrumentalists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Mikawa, who now lives in London with her partner, said the stolen trumpet was one of the only items to survive when her family lost everything in the Tōhoku earthquake in 2011.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
And of the trumpet players, her favorite was Callum—Pet Number Three.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
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The enigmatic trumpets sounded at the film’s beginning re-enter, their meaning now terribly clear; the orchestra convulses and collapses, and Alex marches upstairs, shown in an aerial shot punctuated with doleful timpani.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
By the time the party was in full swing, with trumpets crooning onstage, hundreds of guests sipping flower-adorned cocktails in the courtyard and the sun setting in the distance, everyone could see the vision.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 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
Thunder sticks are so loud that they were banned at the World Baseball Classic finals, even as drums, trumpets and cowbells were permitted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2026
The doors to the great hall were thrown open, and a sextet of natural trumpets blared as the king walked out upon the dais.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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The Bass campaign trumpeted the results, which had been reported in several local news outlets, but it had to delete the social-media post after Median Strategies acknowledged the poll was a sham.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
We trumpeted their classy goals and their adventurous play a week ago and wrongly assumed that they had gumption to go with it.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
While the tech has changed since then, the principles the court trumpeted today are evergreen.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
Union leaders trumpeted gains in SAG-AFTRA’s tentative contract with the major studios, citing stronger AI protections and the consolidation of previously separate pension plans.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
“This tray holds baked-to-golden-perfection basbooseh,” the man trumpeted.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
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In recent months, both OpenAI and Anthropic have turned complex mathematics into an unusual form of marketing for their smartest models, trumpeting solutions to problems that had stumped humans for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
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
Her campaign is so new that she hasn’t even built a website trumpeting her priorities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
I throw myself against the risers and she passes, trumpeting and pounding the sawdust with such force that a three-foot cloud of particles trails her.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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