bugle call

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City Hall, which dates to the 16th century, toots out a cheerful jazz bugle call several times a day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

This is the position soldiers assume every day on an army post as the flag is lowered and the bugle call “Retreat” is played.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2024

Each week, we listened to marching bands play the national anthem but heard the bugle call of “Taps.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023

A couple of runners on base might prompt a bugle call and a canned response: “Charge!”

From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2020

The redoubled hooting and shouting drowned out the bugle call that announced the start of the count.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez