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chorus

[kawr-uhs, kohr-] / ˈkɔr əs, ˈkoʊr- /




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The political satire was a big hit at the school, which led students to use the call of the Frog chorus, “Caxys, co-ax, co-ax, co-ax,” to cheer on their classmates.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

In 2021, Covid-19 protocols meant that the chorus had to sing from the side of the stage in Alessandro Talevi’s fantastical production of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

To illustrate my point, consider the three occasions over the last decade when I devoted a column to taking issue with a chorus of voices calling for Cook to step down.

From MarketWatch Aug. 2, 2026

Now that you have the sweet chorus of “Can you take me higher?” in your head, our work here is done.

From Slate Jul. 30, 2026

A chorus of mm-hmms rumbles through the table.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

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

Paired with bubbly disco grooves and chant-along choruses, the band became gay icons overnight.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

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

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

Fortunately, the new records are roughly divisible by genre and aesthetic and thus are easy to differentiate: “Iceman” is the pure rap record, where guest spots, choruses and even hooks are few.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

By the third time I’d listened through the CD, I knew all the words to the choruses, at least.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

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

“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

“Right 30,” his mates chorused back, shifting direction slightly.

From Washington Post Jun. 29, 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

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

Frogs were chorusing in the near swamp, and Bobby wanted one.

From Miss Lulu Bett by Zona Gale




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