So rang the delighted screech of a young Manchester United fan outside the Progress with Unity Stadium, an hour before United’s Women’s Champions League debut against Valarenga on Wednesday night.
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Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
Once upon a time the screech of the dial-up sound signaled our entry into a new realm in the form of the Internet.
They are known to work in teams when hunting, and communicate with chirps, growls, whistles and body language.
—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
Today’s Wordle Etymology The word chirp comes from Middle English chirpen (also spelled chirpyn), which was an imitative verb formed to mimic the short, sharp sounds of small birds or insects.
Tens of thousands gathered in Hostages Square, Tel Aviv, to watch the releases and a joyful roar erupted from the crowd as the first images of the hostages flashed on the screen, the Associated Press reported.
Medallion’s Derek Lo figures that his software can cut through the system’s redundancies, slashing the time and cost of paperwork designed to prevent quacks from practicing medicine and safeguard patients that’s spiraled into something burdensome.
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