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clamor

[klam-er] / ˈklæm ər /




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The clamor of visiting children echoes outside the concrete structure while music plays deeper within the campus where couples ballroom dance in the sun.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 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

At the time I wasn’t even aware I was sick: any symptom, any fever or pain, was drowned by the clamor of my more immediate miseries.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Here is a closer look at what is known about the incident, the records and what is being done to make them public as a grieving community clamors for more information.

From Seattle Times Dec. 2, 2022

In this season of our discontent, the scene in which Richard cynically holds up a Bible as a ginned-up crowd clamors to make him king is one you may find familiar.

From New York Times Jul. 11, 2022

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

In recent years, winemakers have responded to a market that clamors for the palest of pale pinks to drink the year after harvest.

From Washington Post May 6, 2021

All over the country, public meetings were held in honor of the illustrious dead; the man who had said repeatedly, "I care nothing about clamors; I do precisely what I think just and right."

From Famous American Statesmen by Sarah Knowles Bolton




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