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Recent Examples of honk
Rodney showed up shortly after the intruder left Morgan stayed put on the deck with the pillowcase over her head and never heard the two car honks.
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Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
While citizens recover from Trump’s clown show, the patronage economist remains safe and stands ready to change the numbers whenever Trump honks.
—Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
The group grew to eight people, spreading out along the road and soliciting enthusiastic honks from drivers downtown.
—Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 3 Jan. 2026
Many hundreds of people also lined the blocks of Rancho Bernardo Road, while hundreds more crowded the intersection of Mira Mesa Boulevard and Westview Parkway, cheering and drawing choruses of car honks.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2025
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Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
While citizens recover from Trump’s clown show, the patronage economist remains safe and stands ready to change the numbers whenever Trump honks.
—Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
The group grew to eight people, spreading out along the road and soliciting enthusiastic honks from drivers downtown.
—Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 3 Jan. 2026
Many hundreds of people also lined the blocks of Rancho Bernardo Road, while hundreds more crowded the intersection of Mira Mesa Boulevard and Westview Parkway, cheering and drawing choruses of car honks.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for honk
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This causes a blast of high-energy radiation called a gamma-ray burst (GRB), a final screech of gravitational waves, and sends out a spray of neutron-rich matter, which allows a process to occur that generates very heavy but unstable elements.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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The only noise is the dip-dip of oars and the ethereal screech of horseshoe bats.—
Tristan Rutherford,
Robb Report,
26 Jan. 2026
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Yesterday a bird’s chirp startled me, sounding for the swiftest second, like the beginning of a warning.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Feb. 2026
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For many of us, our truest Valentine has four legs, a wagging tail, a gentle purr or a happy chirp.—
Cathy M. Rosenthal,
San Antonio Express-News,
10 Feb. 2026
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The whinny is an unusual combination of both high and low-pitched sounds — like a cross between a grunt and a squeal — that come out at the same time.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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More squeals of support, and demands to see a picture.—
Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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He was missed — especially vocally — since Gill’s angelic voice does not, in any way shape or form, resemble Walsh’s charmingly out-of-pitch squawk-talk style.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
25 Jan. 2026
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Toy keyboard plinks and saxophone squawks spiral over a booming racket of drums in the ether, slyly threatening to collapse, like an elaborate plate-spinning act.—
H.D. Angel,
Pitchfork,
7 Jan. 2026
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By this point in his life, Beethoven has had it with weapons, the drumbeat of soldiers, the addictive emotion of trumpet calls to action.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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Then there is the next generation keeping the music alive, including Greg Spero on keyboards, Keyon Harrold on trumpet, Rasaki Aladokun of Nigeria, a master drummer who played with King Sunny Ade for more than 20 years, and DJ Logic on turntables.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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Beneath them, water tore through a broken pipe, its current grinding out a low roar — and suddenly, Borsutzki and Kurban’s drive home from practice no longer felt routine.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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The jet engine roar has been almost nonstop ever since, much to the frustration and insomnia of Gossett and his neighbors.—
Bracey Harris,
NBC news,
26 Feb. 2026
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For example, one additional experiment found that changing the thickness of the rubber could make the squeak sound lower or higher in pitch.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Fortune,
26 Feb. 2026
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But some of the insights from the study could help to design squeak-free shoes in the future.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Chickens cluck as students rush to collect eggs.—
Alexa Liacko,
CBS News,
23 Feb. 2026
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The loneliness must’ve broken our poor Mister Killer, the sailors would cluck over his body.—
Jonathan Miles,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Honk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/honk. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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