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Opposing the war might ruin the nation, so political dissidents had to be stopped, and the court affirmed the government’s right to silence strident speakers.—
Stephanie A,
The Conversation,
22 Jan. 2026 -
Although no plans were ever revealed, GEO used to own a 40-acre site in Hobart on West 49th Avenue where there was strident opposition from residents and city officials.—
Michelle L. Quinn,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026
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The altitude at Mile High Stadium brings another element, but the Patriots haven’t been bothered by raucous, hostile environments this season.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
22 Jan. 2026
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Early in his career, he was known for raucous, punk-like gigs, full of moshing fans.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
21 Jan. 2026
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The safety initiative is intended to calm traffic speeds in a town where the sound of screeching tires can fill the air of an otherwise peaceful Friday morning.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
16 Jan. 2026
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That gig, however, would come to a screeching halt.—
Chris Koseluk,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Jan. 2026
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Recently, internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare likened the platform to North Korean hackers for bypassing anti-scraping protections on websites.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 Aug. 2025
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This time, the commission’s bargaining position was undercut from the start by a cacophonous chorus, with key member states preemptively voicing their opposition to retaliation.—
Matthias Matthijs,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Dec. 2025
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By making the dialogue more cacophonous as the pressure mounts, Ottosson replicates the feelings of the characters, who have trained hundreds of times for various scenarios — but are now experiencing something that goes beyond their typical exercises.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
26 Nov. 2025
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And despite the abrasive whir of machinery nearby, on this Monday afternoon, the sound of children laughing cut through the noise.—
Christopher Buchanan,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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What Honest Teams Do Differently Honest teams are not abrasive.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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But that speech and more recent efforts, including the mortgage rate push, were quickly drowned by the deluge of more jarring news.—
Steven Sloan,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2026
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But more jarring than any of this is the lack of humanity that Schjerfbeck perceives in herself.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
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But Cialente also captures the discordant keys of a multigenerational household, from childlike angst to youthful rebellion to marital frustration.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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Baumbach’s remarkably faithful take on Don DeLillo’s absurdist 1985 novel is a half-thrilling, half-discordant attempt to harmonize two distinct voices.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
5 Dec. 2025
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“Cawing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cawing. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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