harmonica
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I came clean and told Pop the whole story, selling it under the guise of patriotism — and with three-part harmony and a harmonica.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
The pair smuggled a harmonica and a set of small bells during the Gemini 6A mission.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
An example of a highly creative response includes words like "galaxy, fork, freedom, algae, harmonica, quantum, nostalgia, velvet, hurricane, photosynthesis."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 25, 2026
He played the blues harmonica between dives and told me he had learned to act at the Jewish community center in the Bronx.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
Her bare feet would raise the saffron dust that floated down on the coveralls and bunion- split shoes of the man breathing music in and out of his harmonica.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
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On Venus, sounds that are caused by solid objects vibrating, like harmonicas or reed organ pipes, would be pitched down because the atmosphere is dense and soupy.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2025
After his time in the restaurant business, Hurtado sold toys for a living, including cheap harmonicas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2022
And when a small army of harmonicas gently peeked out from behind the work’s often mournful textures, they glimmered delicately.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2021
Buskers play harmonicas and Hare Krishna folk in orange robes tour the streets.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 3, 2017
Unfortunately he has not played many bars before more instruments join in—jewsharps, harmonicas, and other things.
From Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York by Thomas Mott Osborne
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