blared

verb

past tense of blare
as in announced
to make known openly or publicly was it really necessary to blare that private quarrel to the whole world?

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Recent Examples of blared 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 The lawsuit, filed in Douglas County District Court, says Miller was kept in a pitch-black basement where loud music blared from a large speaker placed near his head. — Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026 Cockpit alarms blared as two Delta Air Lines jets narrowly avoided each other over Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport during a frightening near miss now under federal investigation. — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026 Music blared while unpadded athletes zipped around at breakneck speeds under a bright South Bay sun. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 26 July 2026 Flood sirens blared Thursday morning in the town, northwest of San Antonio that's some 35 miles east of Camp Mystic. — Bill Chappell, NPR, 16 July 2026 Two TVs blared late into the night; those who could block out the noise slept in the glow. — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026 Fireworks and flares were let off and music blared from portable speakers to attract more and more to a boisterous 3am scene. — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 12 July 2026 Building workers sat in the surrounding areas waiting for their next order, while car alarms and police sirens blared in the background. — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blared
  1. announced
  2. proclaimed
  3. published
  4. declared
Verb
  • Lenti Ponsetto, after 18 years leading DePaul athletics—and 42 years overall at the private Big East school—announced her retirement in June 2020, just six weeks after Conviser filed her initial suit in Cook County court.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Trump’s White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced her resignation shortly after the airplane-swap incident.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of announced
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  • It's been a good six episodes since Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy) at long last seized the Iron Throne and proclaimed herself Queen of the Seven Kingdoms in House of the Dragon Season 3.
    — Megan McCluskey, Time, 10 Aug. 2026
  • On Thursday, LeVota proclaimed his innocence and vowed to stay in office as the case proceeds.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of proclaimed
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  • Yesterday, OpenAI president Greg Brockman published an essay called The Defender’s Window, using the Hugging Face incident as his opening example.
    — Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Right Now, published by Random House, and is a contributor to The Washington Post, Food & Wine, Saveur and Delish.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of published
Verb
  • Experts believe the virus was spreading in the mining town of Mongbwalu as early as February, months before authorities declared the outbreak on May 15.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The new totals come some three months since the outbreak was declared on May 15.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of declared

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