ambient
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Vigorous movement shifts the hardware, allowing ambient light to disrupt readings, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Matthew Robert Cooper’s unnerving ambient score bleeds into the relentless dink-dink-dink of the Jeep’s strobing hazard lights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
He found that raising the barbecue from the sand kept it closer to the ambient temperature.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Because ambient noise tomography can survey large underground regions relatively quickly and inexpensively, it may provide a useful way to search for geothermal energy and mineral resources.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
You push your cart a few feet, pause significantly with item in hand, frown at the ambient racks, then push on and repeat the process.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
Vocabulary lists containing ambient
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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Around and Around: Ambi
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