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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
From the speakers, gravelly voices sung in Portuguese about pick-up trucks and cattle over a chorus of accordions and a rollicking electronic beat.
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Carolina Abbott Galvão, The Dial, 6 Jan. 2026
The whole Reiner family had sung praise for Williams.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 6 Jan. 2026
Since then, the singers have openly supported each other’s work and sung each other’s praises.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
Songs just went out in the world as songs and broadsheets and were sung around fires when no one really knew the words.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 3 Jan. 2026
The song isn’t just sung — it’s performed.
—CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
The signature montage that began each episode — cutesy titling and theme song sung off key by Archie and Edith — was false advertising.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 29 Dec. 2025
Praises are sung for industry while defensive bunkers, of which Hoxha build hundreds of thousands, withstand test blasts, proving their readiness to stand up to decadent imperialist forces from the West.
—Will Tizard, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
But Ben is not the only one who has this very on-the-nose banger sung directly and deservedly at them.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
Carolina Abbott Galvão, The Dial, 6 Jan. 2026
The whole Reiner family had sung praise for Williams.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 6 Jan. 2026
Since then, the singers have openly supported each other’s work and sung each other’s praises.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
Songs just went out in the world as songs and broadsheets and were sung around fires when no one really knew the words.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 3 Jan. 2026
The song isn’t just sung — it’s performed.
—CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
The signature montage that began each episode — cutesy titling and theme song sung off key by Archie and Edith — was false advertising.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 29 Dec. 2025
Praises are sung for industry while defensive bunkers, of which Hoxha build hundreds of thousands, withstand test blasts, proving their readiness to stand up to decadent imperialist forces from the West.
—Will Tizard, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
But Ben is not the only one who has this very on-the-nose banger sung directly and deservedly at them.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sung
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Early this month, outside a Queens synagogue that was hosting an event to promote real-estate investment in Jerusalem, a group of protesters chanted their support for Hamas.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2026
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About 400 protesters chanted braved the cold with temperatures in the 20s and wind chills in the single digits in Hartford.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
20 Jan. 2026
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More than two dozen congressional Republicans have called for a thorough investigation of the shooting of Alex Pretti, according to a count by ABC News.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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The tight end was asked who called plays for a Kansas City Chiefs offense that had cycled through different offensive coordinators early in his career.—
Jeff Fedotin,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Our understanding of how their brains tolerate hypothermia and ischemia has informed research efforts, as well as life-saving treatments, for stroke, cardiac arrest and traumatic brain injury.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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His view of the agency is informed by his experience as a young astronaut preparing to fly when the Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart during reentry in 2003, killing all seven passengers.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
23 Jan. 2026
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Nearly all on the council members vocalized their beliefs that the city should not be in the business of owning and operating a homeless shelter.—
Dillon Thomas,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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But there were ongoing concerns, vocalized by former park workers later in the shutdown, about the chance of hazards like overflowing bathrooms and accumulating trash that could force the national parks to close.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
22 Dec. 2025
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The school district and Corinth parents have talked with both cities to make improvements on 83rd Street, Mission Road and Lee Boulevard — the main roadways students use to bike to Corinth.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
21 Jan. 2026
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Ahead of the doc’s Sundance world premiere, Wangondu and Brown talked to THR about the making of Kikuyu Land, universal themes explored in the film and how the film became deeply personal for Wangondu.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Jan. 2026
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From the penultimate floor of London’s luxe 45 Park Lane hotel, the capital’s skyline is betrayed by dreary, grayish clouds.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Jan. 2026
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Internal fractures revealed in responses The survey also found that nearly 89% of Venezuelans believe Maduro was betrayed by members of his own government, reflecting deep internal fractures within the former ruling camp.—
Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Sung.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sung. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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