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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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Recent Examples of sung
Small boy from Belfast, massive song, huge drama, famously sung by a woman.
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Joel Wilson, IndieWire, 31 May 2026
Nearly 2,000 shoppers have sung the primer’s praises.
—Essence Wiley, InStyle, 30 May 2026
The group won a best new artist Grammy in 1990 before it was revealed that frontmen Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus had not sung on the recordings credited to them.
—T.m. Brown, CNN Money, 29 May 2026
Lewek holds the record for the most performances as the Queen of the Night at the Metropolitan Opera, with 85 performances, and has sung the role more than 350 times worldwide.
—Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
That his name was sung at the conclusion of Parish’s speech was warranted.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 25 May 2026
But play-by-play announcer Jake Zivin and color analyst Taylor Twellman – limited by their lack of understanding of the song, being sung in Spanish – explained the incident incorrectly as Messi trying to make a gesture of amends.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
The album’s name, Arirang, pays tribute to a treasured Korean folk ballad of the same name, which was famously the country’s first song, sung by Korean men, ever recorded (it was preserved for posterity by American ethnologist Alice Fletcher in 1896).
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2026
Visitors drift into the exhibition from the surrounding stacks and public spaces, encountering works that ask them to slow down and reconsider the meaning of a line — whether drawn by hand, generated through code, sung as sound, or embedded in systems of migration and surveillance.
—Olga Garcia-Mayoral, Miami Herald, 19 May 2026
Joel Wilson, IndieWire, 31 May 2026
Nearly 2,000 shoppers have sung the primer’s praises.
—Essence Wiley, InStyle, 30 May 2026
The group won a best new artist Grammy in 1990 before it was revealed that frontmen Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus had not sung on the recordings credited to them.
—T.m. Brown, CNN Money, 29 May 2026
Lewek holds the record for the most performances as the Queen of the Night at the Metropolitan Opera, with 85 performances, and has sung the role more than 350 times worldwide.
—Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
That his name was sung at the conclusion of Parish’s speech was warranted.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 25 May 2026
But play-by-play announcer Jake Zivin and color analyst Taylor Twellman – limited by their lack of understanding of the song, being sung in Spanish – explained the incident incorrectly as Messi trying to make a gesture of amends.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
The album’s name, Arirang, pays tribute to a treasured Korean folk ballad of the same name, which was famously the country’s first song, sung by Korean men, ever recorded (it was preserved for posterity by American ethnologist Alice Fletcher in 1896).
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2026
Visitors drift into the exhibition from the surrounding stacks and public spaces, encountering works that ask them to slow down and reconsider the meaning of a line — whether drawn by hand, generated through code, sung as sound, or embedded in systems of migration and surveillance.
—Olga Garcia-Mayoral, Miami Herald, 19 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sung
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On the lawn of Jim Gilliam Park on Saturday, supporters from across the city chanted Pratt’s name, took selfies in front of black campaign vans with his hummingbird logo and ate cookies decorated with his face as kids raced around on scooters and played with the handful of dogs attending.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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Home fans clapped, chanted and cheered tirelessly throughout the tournament.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 May 2026
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The rapidly ballooning market of the 1980s accommodated both kinds of art—art that might have been called critical, as well as art that might have been termed complicit, Pictures artists and neo-expressionists alike.—
Katy Siegel,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Food and drink Four Seasons has two properties in Istanbul—this, and its sister set on the stretch of the shore lined with former palace-cum-hotels that could be called the Posh-phorus.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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That conviction informed both his artistic practice and his political commitments.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
30 May 2026
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The league informed teams before the draft lottery that this was the case.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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Members of the Jewish community have vocalized feeling less safe in recent years.—
Olivia-Anne Cleary,
Time,
3 May 2026
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The caption reveals what the video doesn't show right away that roughly a kilometer into the run, her dog stopped before a leopard vocalized about 164 feet away.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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In recent years, divorce rings have emerged as one of fine jewelry‘s most talked-about categories, transforming symbols of the past into pieces of personal reinvention.—
Lauren Fisher,
Footwear News,
3 June 2026
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Instead, Mahan and his wealthy Silicon Valley backers talked themselves into a rushed and premature campaign that was never remotely competitive.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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On that occasion as on others, Gabbard betrayed herself.—
Andreas Kluth,
Twin Cities,
28 May 2026
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Raring to go, all the top military brass, including the agitated Eisenhower and his supercilious British counterpart General Bernard Montgomery (Damian Lewis), act as though the rational, needfully single-minded man of science has personally betrayed the mission.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
27 May 2026
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“Sung.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sung. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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