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chorus

[kawr-uhs, kohr-] / ˈkɔr əs, ˈkoʊr- /




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Bank of New York Mellon BNY 2.14%increase; up pointing triangle joined the chorus of big banks reporting blowout results for the second quarter, during which earnings soared on higher interest income and fee revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

I can hardly remember if I joined the chorus, or if the excitement was so heavy that I just felt like an equal part of it.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

Released last week, it finds Snow Patrol at their best, with a singalong chorus that bounds over like a puppy and charms you into submission.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

“It’s just my luck; I don’t have anything to wear,” Tyler coos in the chorus.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

Ella joined the chorus of oohs and aahs.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

And just like she promises in my summer staple, Bonnie Tyler’s huge choruses and blockbuster anthems will be ravishing us until the end of this endless night.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

She’s not a diva belting out choruses and taking up space—instead, she sometimes seems like a master of ceremonies, someone hosting the party rather than hogging the spotlight.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

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

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

Arias, recitatives and choruses are more like ruminations from the King James Bible, as part of a spiritual journey.

From Los Angeles Times May 11, 2026

Instead, she turned on a radio station that promised v-v-v-vintage modern rock and sang along with the choruses.

From "George" by Alex Gino

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

Just lie back, Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page chorused, and let us find the answers.

From Washington Post Apr. 28, 2023

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

From Seattle Times Oct. 25, 2021

With its “bouncy bouncy” refrain chorused by the female backing vocalists, the infuriatingly catchy Rubber Ball was Vee’s first British hit, peaking at No 4 at the beginning of 1961.

From The Guardian Oct. 25, 2016

"They are! They are!" chorused the English witches.

From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl

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

The 78ers follow the First Nations and the crowd is cheering and grinning, cries of “Thank you!” chorusing up from the stands.

From The Guardian Mar. 3, 2018

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

From Washington Times Jun. 8, 2015

"I'd like to shake hands with you, just once," Blanche said in a low voice, while the rest were chorusing.

From A Daughter of the Snows by London, Jack




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