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whistle

[wis-uhl, hwis-] / ˈwɪs əl, ˈʰwɪs- /


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De Zerbi ran on to the pitch to celebrate with the travelling supporters at the final whistle, while his coaches and substitutes raced towards the players in the corner of the ground.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

You give one of those sort of regal dogs from Great Britain — those people in kilts and they blow a tiny whistle that no one can hear and the dog runs for 300 miles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

The Swedish forward took his fourth goal this season well and the chants of "Isak's a Red" from the travelling supporters, long after the final whistle, told you all you needed to know.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Tyler Shultz was among several Theranos employees who voiced concerns inside the company about what they saw as troubling practices and was the first to blow the whistle to a state regulator.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2022

A whistle blew and the train braked and slowed and came to a smooth stop.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

This property came with plenty of bells and whistles as well: a $200,000 candy room, a 2,500-bottle wine cellar loaded with cases of Dom Perignon, and an art installation featuring a chrome machine gun.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

But increasingly so have whistles and boos during his performances.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Secular Israelis were prepared with a counter-protest, blowing whistles to drown out the chants and with some wearing pink lapel buttons showing a middle finger.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

In other words, people may think they want trendy appliances, but they sometimes have lots of bells and whistles they don’t end up using.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

The wind whistles even louder, reminding me we will have to take cover soon.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

On a play that was whistled dead because of a neutral zone infraction, Vikings linebacker Eric Wilson appeared to be shoved into referee Adrian Hill, who was knocked to the ground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

World champion Luke Littler has threatened to stop playing in the Netherlands after being booed and whistled at during the World Series of Darts Finals in Amsterdam.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

"One of the rescuers asked anyone trapped to whistle, and someone whistled back," he said near a pancaked building.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

Weeks earlier, he had whistled for the birthday party of chief of staff Andy Card, who then told President George W. Bush about it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

Instead the arrow went directly between Jim’s ears, so low the chicken feathers brushed the top of his head as they whistled past.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

But that kind of optimism can quickly start to sound more like whistling past the graveyard.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

Blume's speech was repeatedly interrupted by jeering and whistling, a person present at the meeting told AFP, and workers held aloft signs saying: "Don't balance your books with our jobs".

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

Newer cars and trucks employ opposite frequency technology, which lowers road noise, silicone-based coating on door seals that cuts virtually all high-frequency whistling, and noise-dampening designs on windows, to name a few technologies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Who among us would not exchange his mental state for that of a whistling idiot?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

I continued working and, to keep my mind occupied, began whistling rock ’n’ roll tunes and daydreaming about Peggy and the Vets.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez


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