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as in chanting
to produce musical sounds with the voice
it's relatively rare to find actors who can also sing well
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as in talking
to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities
once he saw the kind of jail time he was facing, the suspect was singing loud and clear to the police
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Their soccer fans will soon swarm Boston and Providence ahead of the World Cup and those cities are getting ready for chanting, drinking, and marching.—
Mike Sullivan,
CBS News,
3 June 2026 -
Positioned on opposite sides of the street, video footage shows the groups chanting, playing instruments and carrying signs both in favor and against Anthony – with the crowd of counter-demonstrators also carrying a large sign with Metcalf’s photo.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
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The Stanley Cup Final is here, and broadcast executives across the continent are crying in their beds.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
31 May 2026
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Losing interest in activities or friends, crying frequently, or exhibiting notable sleep or appetite changes can be additional warning signs.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
29 May 2026
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In a loss, OpenAI could face pressure to implement remedies like age-gating free ChatGPT accounts to protect kids, shutting down conversations that discuss violence and suicide, and removing features that the state says deceptively make ChatGPT feel like talking to a human.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
1 June 2026
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Cannavaro is not the first global football star to infiltrate Uzbek football (Rivaldo played for Bunyodkor for three years towards the end of his career) but his appointment certainly got a football-mad nation talking.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
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But the mark goes beyond informing consumers.—
Roy Stephen Canivel,
Footwear News,
3 June 2026
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These efforts are also informing the design of GE Aerospace’s open-rotor engine under the Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines (RISE) program.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
3 June 2026
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“Singing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singing. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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