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trumpet

[truhm-pit] / ˈtrʌm pɪt /


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Collins, more than most appropriators, likes to trumpet the dollars she brings home.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

"But you know me, I don't like tooting my own trumpet too much."

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 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

Edwin Díaz enters from the bullpen to the trumpet track “Narco.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

Aedanus Burke, for example, warned that the petitioners were “blowing the trumpet of sedition” and demanded that the galleries be cleared of all spectators and newspaper reporters.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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

There are brief Mexican accents, such as the mariachi-style trumpets that precede the market scene.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

“Two trumpets and a tuba, accompanied by thousands of snare drums.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 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

Sometimes statues of the Virgin Mary and child appeared and the three kings paraded by them; or mechanical heralds emerged and blew on trumpets.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

In the past, the former New York property magnate has often trumpeted a negotiating style that relies on maximalist positions in order to extract more from a deal.

From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026

Now, suddenly, they trumpeted a call to arms.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

But now, candidates across the country, like Lawrence, are trumpeting their experiences as renters and tenant organizers, fueling an emerging political movement focused on making renting more sustainable.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Despite trumpeting pan-African and pro-independence messages, all three have welcomed Russian mercenaries to help fight jihadists loyal to either Al-Qaeda or the Islamic State group, who have run rampant across the three countries.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

Big companies keep trumpeting return-to-office mandates, but the amount of time that Americans work remotely is barely budging.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

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

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2026

He kept coming back again and again, and every time Marlene would run at him across the garden, trumpeting, tossing her ears, flapping them, but that only infuriated the dog even more.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo




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