cue
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But Thailand is among a band of neighbouring nations, sharing unavoidable border issues with Myanmar, which have used the polls as a cue to reset relations.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
This was the cue for Milan's wingbacks to drop deep, increasing the distance United's full-backs had to cover to apply pressure.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
If you’d rather stay in and watch TV, you should cue up Amazon’s latest hit show, Sterling Point.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
He had been sober for 33 years, and although impressive, he took this as a cue to tell me everything.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
As if on cue, the Burmese python slithered over to the chariot and wrapped itself around the right wheel.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
On weekends, he had a different moniker, DJ Steve King, as he cued up Elvis and Everly Brothers tunes on his father’s radio station.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
The Dodgers cued up Shohei Ohtani’s walk-up song by Michael Bublé one afternoon in honor of his rarest of performances.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2025
When Olsen cued up “Frozen Love” at Sound City, Fleetwood couldn’t believe his ears.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2025
As she cued up the set-closer, Karma, Swift thanked her fans one last time.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2024
"Amen," we girls chanted, for the sound of Latin cued us for liturgical response.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
“You see the band watching him, you see him cuing them, you see the playfulness, the spontaneity, the fan reactions and his reactions to them,” Gausman continued.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
For my money, the mark of any music book worth its salt is measured by the number of times I find myself cuing up another tune.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2025
Like his first projects, the video heightens the essence of the spectacle, but does so by exploring the margins: brass musicians’ puffing cheeks, producers cuing commercial breaks, players’ ankles on the sidelines.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
She also suggested enrolling in electricity demand response programs, which let you sign up for text alerts when the grid is overloaded, cuing you to switch the A/C to fan or turn other appliances off.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2023
Panel member Anuse finally came to the rescue with a cuing question and a long discussion ensued as to how SmurFFs were handled in the department and what happened to them.
From Wild Justice by Ruth M. Sprague
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