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cry

[krahy] / kraɪ /




VERB
formally announce to others
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Whether it’s watching the movies for comfort or to turn a viewing party into a drinking game, millions of people tune in to laugh or cry watching them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Kansas fans shouted their rallying cry "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk", while their rivals replied with "ASU, ASU".

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

That is a far cry from other digital ad businesses that offer highly targeted ads that brands only pay for when users click through.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

When the power is restored, the cry rings out across the city: "It's back!"

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

From down in the bottoms I heard the shrill call of a bobwhite and the clammering cry of a kingfisher in flight.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

When you listen to those romances, written during her husband’s decline, your heart could break from the melancholy and sustained wandering cries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

An elephant seal cries out at the sight of a photographer 2.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

And all the literature about the American Revolution itself is rife with the passionate cries for liberty and equality, not paeans to “the land.”

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

Her eyes fill with tears and she cries for a few minutes, wiping her face with her hands.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

“He never listens to me; he just cries until he gets what he wants! He’s a big baby!”

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

Spencer writes that William said of his childhood: “I sadly remember most of the time that she ever cried about anything, it was to do with press intrusion.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

"I cried my eyes out because I thought, 'this is going to change my life'."

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Witnesses also said Chavez-DeRemer, Han and Wright would openly discuss other employees’ performance in front of other staff, including whether employees had cried during meetings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Then, on Tuesday, I got a photo of her in a hospital bed, and I cried because I guess I hadn’t realized she could get thinner.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

He cried out again and beat at the mud with his arms.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

Oasis's Noel Gallagher is "crying his heart out" over the news, the Daily Star reports, as the musician says he is "sad for City fans"

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

“It was a soda,” fellow Colts tight end Mo Alie-Cox wrote on X, adding an emoji with an eyebrow raised and another one crying laughing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

“A lot of these messages are two guys having rage talk and crying on the phone together while we were grieving,” Seaver said, according to TMZ.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

“She would have them crying as they left, but happy crying,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

I don’t need to look at her to know she’s crying, too; I can hear the tears in her voice.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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