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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
The admiral's swagger, battlefield bravado and desire for revenge will be sung by the bards of Westeros, and serve as a breakthrough showcase for Thorn, a playwright and YouTuber, who came out as a transgender woman in a January 2021 video on her Philosophy Tube channel.
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Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
21 June 2026
Flags waved, songs were sung, and smiles spread from room to room as Brazilian supporters brought the spirit of the World Cup to children who could not experience it from the stands.
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Mill Etienne,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
As the national anthem was sung, a group of bomber planes flew overhead.
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Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
20 June 2026
The event kicked off with a March of Black Excellence that included more than 100 Black young people ranging from middle school through college age before the flag-raising and a performance of the Black National Anthem sung by Chicago recording artist Nialand.
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David Sharos,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2026
With or without any classics by Queen, the band Lambert has sung with since 2012, he can be expected to deliver a combustible show.
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George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 June 2026
But the book’s ruminative watchfulness is unsuccessfully conjugated in this overly sedate play with music, which has the feel of a song cycle, though sung by the fine cast with gorgeous, lonely sorrow.
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Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
19 June 2026
The event kicked off with the Marine Band’s performance of the national anthem, sung by Zac Brown, and was capped off with a flyover by the Navy’s Blue Angels and Air Force Thunderbirds.
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Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
Jagger, who will turn 83 shortly after the album’s July 10 release date, has always sung about living in the present.
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Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2026
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
21 June 2026
Flags waved, songs were sung, and smiles spread from room to room as Brazilian supporters brought the spirit of the World Cup to children who could not experience it from the stands.
—
Mill Etienne,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
As the national anthem was sung, a group of bomber planes flew overhead.
—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
20 June 2026
The event kicked off with a March of Black Excellence that included more than 100 Black young people ranging from middle school through college age before the flag-raising and a performance of the Black National Anthem sung by Chicago recording artist Nialand.
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David Sharos,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2026
With or without any classics by Queen, the band Lambert has sung with since 2012, he can be expected to deliver a combustible show.
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George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 June 2026
But the book’s ruminative watchfulness is unsuccessfully conjugated in this overly sedate play with music, which has the feel of a song cycle, though sung by the fine cast with gorgeous, lonely sorrow.
—
Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
19 June 2026
The event kicked off with the Marine Band’s performance of the national anthem, sung by Zac Brown, and was capped off with a flyover by the Navy’s Blue Angels and Air Force Thunderbirds.
—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
Jagger, who will turn 83 shortly after the album’s July 10 release date, has always sung about living in the present.
—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sung
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The Norwegians chanted and danced a conga line throughout the game — even as Swanson’s first homer landed a few hundred feet to their left.
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Guerrero, as fans chanted his name over and over as if willing him to hit his first homer at Rogers Centre this year, still chased pitches down and away.
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One of the entities that helped turn an idea into those accounts was a partnership called the Emergency Savings Initiative (ESI), between asset manager BlackRock and Commonwealth, a national nonprofit focused on financial security.
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Tetanus is caused by a bacterium called Clostridium tetani.
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They were informed about the body from a 911 call.
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Prioritize safety, stay impeccably informed, and assume responsibility to shield lives and property.
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The speech came three months after Dolan vocalized a Finals-or-bust expectation during a rare interview on WFAN.
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Members of the Jewish community have vocalized feeling less safe in recent years.
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Among the directors, the class captures several of the year’s most talked-about filmmakers.
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But his cousin was a police reserve officer and talked him into joining in 1984.
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From Morgan’s perspective, she feels betrayed by the fact that Nicky left her in the house as a kid to go to seminary school.
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The governor’s plan has left Savage-Sangwan and other advocates feeling betrayed by Newsom, who went from pushing to expand Medi-Cal coverage for undocumented immigrants to last year freezing enrollment and adding a monthly fee for immigrants who want to use the coverage.
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“Sung.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sung. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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