foghorn
noun
fog·horn
ˈfȯg-ˌhȯrn 
ˈfäg-
1
: a horn (as on a ship) sounded in a fog to give warning
2
: a loud hoarse voice
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Fellow whale songs, murmuring currents, the occasional foghorn, perhaps.
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Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2024
Emergency warnings—foghorns, locomotive whistles, ambulance and fire-truck sirens, air-raid sirens—fall into a special category of necessary, life-saving noise.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
The military branch will continue to operate the aids to navigation – like the light and foghorn – but the actual upkeep of the physical structures and tours of the island are better suited to a different entity.
—Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023
The Coast Guard placed riprap and dozens of gabions along the ledges to absorb the force of the breakers, but, as ocean levels have risen and nor’easters intensified, a fault line between the tower’s foot and the foghorn’s generator house has widened.
—Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
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Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2024
Emergency warnings—foghorns, locomotive whistles, ambulance and fire-truck sirens, air-raid sirens—fall into a special category of necessary, life-saving noise.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
The military branch will continue to operate the aids to navigation – like the light and foghorn – but the actual upkeep of the physical structures and tours of the island are better suited to a different entity.
—Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023
The Coast Guard placed riprap and dozens of gabions along the ledges to absorb the force of the breakers, but, as ocean levels have risen and nor’easters intensified, a fault line between the tower’s foot and the foghorn’s generator house has widened.
—Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
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foghorn
noun
fog·horn
ˈfȯg-ˌhȯ(ə)rn
ˈfäg-
: a horn (as on a ship) sounded in foggy weather to give warning
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