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rocker

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Definition of rocker

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Recent Examples of rocker Detroit indie rocker Stef Chura has returned with her first album in seven years. — Alex Suskind, Pitchfork, 23 July 2026 Her ring immediately generated buzz thanks to its distinctive, edgy design, a perfect match for the influencer and her rocker beau’s goth-glam aesthetic. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 21 July 2026 The compilation is the only Petty title to ever appear on the Top Streaming Albums chart, so its latest surge therefore gives the late rocker and the Heartbreakers a new career-best showing on the relatively new list. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 It's ringed by a zoom rocker that controls compatible power zoom lenses. — Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for rocker

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Noun

The power ballad rises dramatically on both of the company’s worldwide songs tallies after debuting on the pair only one frame ago.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Originally conceived as a slow ballad, the song evolved into a brighter, more expansive arrangement.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 20 July 2026

Definition of ballad

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The book will also be accompanied by a forthcoming lullaby written and performed by Mercer, extending the story beyond the page, while the audiobook edition will be narrated by the musician himself.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 15 July 2026
Later, piano slices through the fog with a supernatural three-note lullaby that springs just off the beat, racing forward through the song’s misty backdrop.

— Vanessa Ague, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026

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Blake serves as the Siren of the song, his distinct croon over minimal beat between Scott’s verses.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2026
For 20 years, Joey Ramone’s hiccupping croon and Johnny Ramone’s relentless power chords kept on and on for 14 albums and more than 2,000 shows.

— Al Shipley, SPIN, 4 May 2026

Definition of croon

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The track — with its croaking guitar, cymbal smashes, and stuttering vocals — sounds nothing like Brat’s gleaming, clubby gems (or the bouncy pop-punk of her 2014 LP Sucker, for that matter).

— Caryn Ganz, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2026
The track became a much larger global success after Blackpink star Jennie added her vocals and celebrity to a remix.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of vocal

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Nighttime in the Okefenokee is filled with a wild cacophony — the choruses of pig frogs, hooting owls, crickets and sometimes the deep, nerve-jerking bellowing of bull alligators.

— Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 25 July 2026
There’s always a ready audience, especially when the pesky Jewish state of Israel loudly refuses to join the chorus of condemnation and defends itself with force.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026

Definition of chorus

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Russian war bloggers responded to Fedorov’s dismissal with glee, noting his role in masterminding long-range drone strikes on oil facilities that have caused a fuel crisis and midrange attacks that disrupted military logistics.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
Although Jones takes responsibility for the hurt and dysfunction his compulsive tomcatting caused, the legendary lothario details his conquests with barely disguised glee.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 3 July 2026

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