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chorus

[kawr-uhs, kohr-] / ˈkɔr əs, ˈkoʊr- /




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She emerged from the weekend with half the media world and a chorus of Hollywood celebrities wildly applauding her bravery.

From Salon Jul. 29, 2026

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faced a rising chorus of criticism from within his own centre-right CDU party Wednesday as he completed a chaotic cabinet reshuffle.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

He performed the 1986 megahit, with the audience belting the chorus in his place toward the end.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

Visitors should feel a "connection" to the birds, Jimmy says, returning to the days of being woken by the dawn chorus.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

A dulcet chorus of voices suddenly rose from the inside of the tent, beautiful and harmonic.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

“Is It Cool?,” a character study of an incorrigible cheater, sports one of his most villainous choruses — “You ain’t got to trust me to love me, babe.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

Six minutes and 26 additional choruses later, Gonsalves and Ellington had completely changed the fortunes of the band, of the Rhode Island festival, and even American music itself.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Blending folk-infused pop songs with anthemic choruses, he has built a reputation for emotionally open songwriting.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

A couple of years ago, comedian Jack Finnegan joked that Kiedis writes some of the most beautiful choruses in the world, only to flip into sounding like he’s experiencing a medical emergency during his verses.

From Salon Apr. 4, 2026

Three or four Ayorthaians at a time occupy the stage in turn and sing long, sad ballads or happy tunes or funny ones, joined by the whole throng in the choruses.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

Another Slate colleague, at a bar in southern Italy, reported that all the Americans similarly looked at their phones at once and chorused “Guilty!”

From Slate May 30, 2024

“We are revolutionaries. We are free,” they chorused.

From Seattle Times Oct. 25, 2021

For whatever reason — faith, common sense, a well-functioning moral compass and BS detector — Butler found it within himself to say “no” while a powerful, high-minded flock all around him chorused “yes.”

From Washington Post Feb. 17, 2016

“Where’s your famous atmosphere?” the Southampton fans chorused, and Klopp could have been forgiven for wondering the same thing.

From The Guardian Oct. 25, 2015

“Hey, rocket boys! Why don’t your rockets fly?” they chorused.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

It can be hard on the eardrums when all those cicadas get together in those trees and start chorusing.

From Seattle Times Apr. 1, 2024

This time, you have chosen to call in, to take a couple of minutes of your day to hear some Hall and Oates, or “My Old Kentucky Home,” or a tinny recording of chorusing cicadas.

From Slate Jun. 24, 2021

BST03:17 This is the kind of scene that Cameron and his team must have been hoping for when planning his visit to Lebanon – Syrian refugee children chorusing “thank you” to the prime minister.

From The Guardian Sep. 14, 2015

Arkansas is also home to annual cicadas, which will emerge and begin their chorusing.

From Washington Times Jun. 8, 2015

The others began chorusing their congratulations at once, looking no more convincing than the runners-up in any beauty contest.

From Pagan Passions by Stanley, Robert




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