chirp
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The rising sun bathes the rolling Herefordshire hillsides in a warm glow as birds gently chirp and sheep graze in the fields.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The result is the accelerating pulses of light detected from Earth, producing the distinctive "chirp."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2026
I could hardly take another disappointment delivered with a cheerful chirp to my inbox.
From Slate ● Jan. 2, 2025
A master of disguise, an evil genius with plenty of tricks up his wings and a relentless pursuer of retribution, Feathers McGraw nests among cinema’s great villains without ever having crooned a single chirp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2024
“Yes, definitely. I talked to him about it. But you need to talk to him too,” Ray says, pushing the button on his key fob that makes the truck lock chirp.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
“I’m going to put on my bathing suit right now!” she chirps from her bedroom, sounding happier than most about the prospect of changing into swimwear on a raw and cloudy afternoon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
“Good morning, sunshine!” chirps her mother in lo-fi, as a sitar shrugs along, giving the soul ballad a psychedelic touch.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025
Kate says, appearing shocked at the implication, and once her friends relax again, she chirps.
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2025
While some find the buzzes, chirps and trills soothing or exciting, for others, the bugs are annoying or irritating.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2024
The silence that follows is so complete that I can make out the frantic chirps from the birds in the apartment across the hall.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
That was the message from the official Southampton X account to a disgruntled Arsenal fan who had chirped back at the Saints' post celebrating their shock FA Cup victory.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
“I stuck to the Roosevelt side,” will.i.am chirped back to his bandmate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2024
“Protect our ducks and kittens in Ohio!” chirped the official account of Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2024
The team's independently developed chirped quasi-phase-matching device generates quantum-entangled light by harnessing chirping -- gradually changing an element's polarization reversal period -- to generate quantum photon pairs over a wide bandwidth.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 26, 2024
Chester stirred and chirped, but stayed where he was.
From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden
"It was such a phenomenal experience to see the Sun start going dark and hear, suddenly, the birds stop chirping," recalls Samantha.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
So the crickets are actually chirping loudly, if you listen to them.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
Serene spa music, a blend of classical piano and loudly chirping birds, trilled in the background as the machine sloshed and gurgled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026
Farah believes astronomers will soon detect many more of these "chirping" supernovae.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2026
It started as a soft twitter, like the distant chirping of birds, and then built to a high, steady hum.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
