clamor
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In this era of tight French budgets, the clamor in much of the country now is for spending to expand the ranks of firefighters and buy more equipment — aircraft, trucks, whatever it takes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Davenport said Tuesday that amid the clamor for protein products, the effects of higher costs for ingredients would start to show up in the second half of the year.
From MarketWatch ● May 5, 2026
The applications go unanswered, the layoffs keep mounting, and we clamor over the few jobs left, wondering whether we’ve overstayed the party in Silicon Valley.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
Stars themselves are starting to clamor to be under those lights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026
"What are you boys doing? Your clamor carried all the way to the tiring-room. Nick, where have you been?"
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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Mr. Cohen advised Silicon Valley Bank as it scrambled for a buyer and has been counseling First Republic as it clamors for a lifeline.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2023
Though the company still clamors for government funding and sometimes makes bold predictions it doesn’t actually see through, SpaceX continues to defy expectations with each new accomplishment.
From The Verge ● Nov. 1, 2021
McCarthy can't sleep past sunrise while Rudolph clamors for as much rest as possible.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2018
The Belle Isle Nature Center, where the whole family clamors for a chance to feed the white fallow deer, descendants of the original population gifted to the Isle from French President François-Félix Faure in 1895.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 25, 2018
When she, knowing naught of the lurking Julius, had sent to his hiding-place this Federal officer, did not instantly the clamors of discovery resound through the house?
From The Storm Centre by Mary Noailles Murfree
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