crier
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“I’m not a big crier, but I just lost it,” Rowell said of the moment he learned of the gift, calling it a validation of his and his team’s work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026
“I’m a weird crier with movies. Like I won’t cry after I won the Super Bowl. I didn't cry when my kids were born,” he said.
From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2025
If it’s any consolation, you’re not an ugly crier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2024
Margaret Boyce is soft-spoken, a private person, and certainly not - in her words - a "crier".
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2024
In the morning, she heard the town crier walking past the house, beating a loud ogene.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Enlisting high cheekboned town criers isn’t the worst idea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Instead of caroling and ringing church bells, the most prominent sounds on Christmastide were now town criers calling: "No Christmas! No Christmas!"
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024
Fox News: It’s been said you and June Allyson were the town criers of MGM.
From Fox News ● Mar. 20, 2021
When Ayub returned to the village, he informed two town criers — saingom — that the authorities had handed down additional rules.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2019
For a person like Lelia, who grew up with hollerers and criers, mine is the worst response.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
