blared

past tense of blare

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of blared Brass blared and dozens of drummers thumped their way from start to finish of the mile-plus route around Central Park. Jerry Shnay, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026 Music blared from a speaker in the parking lot, where a few participants sat in lawn chairs and wrote messages on posters. Tilly Robinson, IndyStar, 5 Sep. 2026 The tactic worked, the buzzer blared and Houshmand was scooped up by a watercraft for a victory lap, an American flag hoisted in victory. Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 3 Sep. 2026 Just a few feet beyond the forest, buses rumbled past, horns blared, and commuters hurried to work. Marina Dias, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2026 The siren blared again and again; one load of jumpers and then another took off into the skies over Alaska. M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 While lights flickered, music blared and fans cheered, the goal was ruled off; Harris was initially deemed offside. Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026 Since taking office last year, his government has taken proactive steps to improve ties with North Korea, including turning off front line loudspeakers that blared K-pop music and world news. Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026 Tornado warning sirens blared in Illinois and Indiana, and all flights were stopped by late morning at Chicago's two major airports. ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blared
Verb
  • One month before the Pentagon announced its first equity stake in a company, its top lawyer asked the White House to explain why the deal wouldn’t break the law.
    Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The victory came after Northwestern announced a three-year contract extension through 2031 for fourth-year coach Braun on Thursday.
    Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Moral judgment is not a matter of timeless fiats, even were they proclaimed by the Lord of Hosts.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The new era of worker power that labor advocates proclaimed as the pandemic ebbed was something of a chimera.
    Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Videos of Soliman protesting against the treatment by the authorities and being held at gunpoint by a police officer in the hotel have been published in international media.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The notice was published in November 2025 and received another 321 public comments before the comment period ended in December.
    Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The Nineties also declared Gen X to be the least annoying generation of the ones that are still walking the earth.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
  • In 1969, the US Department of Health, Education and Welfare declared that Chattanooga had the worst air pollution in the country, with dangerous particulate matter surpassing the federal safety level threefold.
    Daliah Singer, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026

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“Blared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blared. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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