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[dih-skrahyb] / dɪˈskraɪb /


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Watch him describe a crew shooting down Iranian missiles: “It’s so incredible, these guys, these geniuses. … Ding, ding, ding, ding. Missile launch, then psshm, poom!”

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

People often describe it as ringing, buzzing, hissing, or whooshing in one or both ears.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

"I'm not very spiritual or religious, but it's moments like that where I feel music is just so magical that you just can't really describe it."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

“Having almost 100,000 fans, singing your anthem, supporting you, whistling when you’re not doing good…It’s hard to describe something so deep and so intangible.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Of course that’s just a fancy rich-person name for something anybody else would describe with ordinary words.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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