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The constant clang of metal and the screech of drills suggest the sort of work underway at a warehouse-turned-workshop in this Ukrainian city about 300 kilometers (180 miles) east of Kyiv.—
Dominique Soguel,
Christian Science Monitor,
17 June 2025 -
The trio frantically scramble to stop the train, but as the film cuts to black, the sounds of glass shattering and the screech of wheels hammer in, yet again, that there’s no escape.—
Gayle Sequeira,
Vulture,
16 May 2025
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Also, several conifers had bark covered in furry moss.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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In others, huddles of cormorants gather on the black sand beaches, and sea lions bark from the rocks.—
John Bartlett,
NPR,
8 June 2025
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But their eggs and hatchlings can get crushed by tractors; they’re also being eaten by foxes, crows and sheep.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Apr. 2025
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The occasional caw of a crow, the chickadee-dee-dee of a chickadee, the big song of the little Carolina wren that now stays on our Pennsylvania farm all winter.—
Daryln Brewer Hoffstot Kristian Thacker,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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But then they are just met with crying meows and scratches at the door.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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The footage shows the beautiful black cat not with a typical meow, but with a series of gentle squeaks.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 June 2025
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Similarly to smoke detectors, a carbon monoxide detector will produce a quiet chirp when the battery is low.—
Kamron Sanders,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 June 2025
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Immediately after being traded and added to the team’s group chat, the chirps started flying. Bennett, who knocked Marchand out of a couple games of the playoffs last year with a controversial hit, was the first victim.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2025
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The Dino up for sale is a 246 GTS variant with a removable roof panel for when the sun is out and the driver wants to really hear the roar of its engine.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
24 June 2025
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Advertisement Read more: How Netanyahu Pushed Trump Toward War That day, a shepherd posted cell phone footage of an Israeli C-130 low in the sky over Syria, sheep bells clanking over the roar of the engines.—
Karl Vick,
Time,
19 June 2025
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Tell that to the kids who have been hospitalized and died from measles, following quack Dr. Bobby’s Rx to avoid the shots.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
29 May 2025
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The Spare Room by Helen Garner This is a book about a woman, Helen, who decides to let her old friend, Nicola, who is dying of cancer, come and stay with her in Melbourne while Nicola sees a local quack doctor.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
21 May 2025
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The gym was quiet, echoing only the squeal of sneakers and pounding of the basketball instead of the music and laughter that typically accompany a pregame training session.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
5 June 2025
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Their squeals and laughter echoed against the mountains.—
Nathan Rousseau Smith,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2025
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