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voice-over

[vois-oh-ver] / ˈvɔɪsˌoʊ vər /




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In a voice-over, Liam reveals, enjoying himself wasn't the goal.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Bruno works as a voice-over actor and attended a screening of the film Friday night.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

In the early years of television, voice-over introductions to shows and their casts were a necessity of the medium.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026

She went on to do background and voice-over work in Los Angeles way into her 70s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026

He tries the cadence of a movie voice-over: “It’s senior year. She’s a beautiful budding filmmaker. He can swim and fix cars. They don’t know where the path beyond the stone cottage will lead.”

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

I’m more disturbed by the prevalence of subtle synthetic images: AI cooking videos, AI ads with robotic voice-overs, AI celebrity-wedding photos, AI political deepfakes…and the list goes on.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

Her commercial work included playing Becky in “Fansville” ads for Dr Pepper and her voice-overs could be heard in spots for the Hyundai Ioniq, Budweiser, Credit Karma and more.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025

Such was the authority in his voice, James Earl Jones became a stalwart of commercial voice-overs, documentaries and computer games.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2024

Some of the videos used artificially generated avatars or voice-overs, making the campaign the first influence operation known to the institute to pair A.I. voices with video essays.

From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2023

Mimicking the deep-voiced passion of commercial voice-overs, she said, “It’s small, it’s slow, and it’s shitty, but it runs. Sometimes. Blue Citrus: See Your Local Used-Car Dealer.”

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green




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