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Recent Examples of chirp
Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 June 2025
Immediately after being traded and added to the team’s group chat, the chirps started flying.
Bennett, who knocked Marchand out of a couple games of the playoffs last year with a controversial hit, was the first victim.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 June 2025
Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Sanders then chirped a bit, spun the ball and Jackson picked the ball up and threw it back at Sanders.
5 other plays that caught the Panthers’ attention
Here are five other plays that caught the attention of the team on Wednesday.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2025
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Verb
Similarly to smoke detectors, a carbon monoxide detector will produce a quiet chirp when the battery is low.
—Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 June 2025
Immediately after being traded and added to the team’s group chat, the chirps started flying.
Bennett, who knocked Marchand out of a couple games of the playoffs last year with a controversial hit, was the first victim.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 June 2025
Noun
My housing estate is peaceful: birds chirp, children play ball and neighbors smile politely at each other.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Sanders then chirped a bit, spun the ball and Jackson picked the ball up and threw it back at Sanders.
5 other plays that caught the Panthers’ attention
Here are five other plays that caught the attention of the team on Wednesday.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chirp
Verb
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The flare bottom is also fun to pair with a pointed-toe heel that’ll peep out.—
Rylee Johnston,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Pick one of the gateway towns to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, like Gatlinburg, Tennessee, or Bryson City, North Carolina, and set off on your leaf-peeping long weekend.—
Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This caused crews to declare an emergency squawk 7700 — an international distress code.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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The animals use complex clicks, squawks and whistles to call out to each other, fight and attract a mate.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Spears tweeted at Perry in 2014.—
Andre Claudio,
Sourcing Journal,
5 Sep. 2025
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The team quote-tweeted the clip of Clark’s comments on X with screenshots of the top three quarterbacks in passing yards and touchdowns in NFL history.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Once upon a time the screech of the dial-up sound signaled our entry into a new realm in the form of the Internet.—
Michael Ashley,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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People chatter, kids laugh, seagulls screech and birds chirp.—
Zareen Syed,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Korean pop star Cha Eun-woo draws squeals from the crowd of fans gathered out front, while security ushers Lacy through a small throng of civilians on the side of the building, up to where he’s supposed to have his photo taken.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
14 Aug. 2025
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After the initial squeals and giggles, Taylor Swift fans immediately got to work, combing all seven photos of Swift for outfit details and clues about their relationship status.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
25 July 2025
Verb
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One of the most cost-effective ways to throw a wrench in the gears of the surveillance state is by piping your service through a virtual private network, and a new announcement from ExpressVPN makes professional-grade protection more affordable and flexible than ever.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
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To make sure drivers don’t miss critical cues, important noises can also be piped directly into the cabin via the headrest.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For a while, the only sound in the room was the squeak of a marker on a whiteboard, as Imamura wrote out several potential plot points.—
Matt Alt,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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One of my only criticisms is how the interior is screwed together: more than a few squeaks and rattles came to light over choppy tarmac and mid-corner bumps and undulations.—
Peter Nelson,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Evening had fallen, and bats chittered in the sky outside.—
Pete McKenzie,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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In early 2020, Daniel Bachman stood at the edge of a creek in Falmouth, Virginia, recording the sounds of the insects chittering and buzzing around him.—
Brendan Fitzgerald,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Dec. 2024
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“Chirp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chirp. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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