din
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It won’t hush the din, but there’s nothing like mutual loathing to foster a sense of community.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 15, 2026
Everyone knew their fellow New Yorkers needed a bit of a break, and for a short period, the usual din of the city calmed to a whisper.
From Slate β Sep. 11, 2026
The unending din inside Arthur Ashe and Louis Armstrong stadiums.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 6, 2026
But it's not the din of a 1.6-litre V6 turbo hybrid engine which has caused the alarm.
From BBC β Jul. 6, 2026
Their voices faded in and out of focus, dissolving into a din like the roar of the ocean.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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Through Le Bas, the young Louis' Jacobin tutor, he dins it in that the boy had no chance to develop normally.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The multitude of dins is largely devoted, of course, to love, and mostly in songs that court, exhort or contort.
From Time Magazine Archive
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‘There’s nobbut t’ missis; and shoo’ll not oppen ’t an ye mak’ yer flaysome dins till neeght.’
From Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontΓ«
The ravening kite so swoops and plunders, when Hovering above the shelterd yard, she spies A helpless chicken near unwatchful hen, Who vainly dins the thief with after cries.
From Orlando Furioso by William Stewart Rose
After quiet had been restored, the Society of Saint-vincent de Paul cordially thanked Jasmin through the mouth of their President; and presented him with a magnificent golden circlet, with this inscription: "La Caritat dins Bourdeau!"
From Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist by Samuel Smiles
I’ve been oppressed by all these facts and evidence that dinned against My simple claim that I am not more sinning than I’m sinned against.
From Washington Post β Jul. 7, 2021
As the truck motors dinned on, the needles of the detecting instruments crept up from three parts to six to seven.*
From Time Magazine Archive
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London whispers that Professor Moley, "The Isolationist," was coming to supersede Secretary Hull, "The Internationalist," dinned louder and louder until they beat like African war drums on the U. S. Delegation's sensitive ears.
From Time Magazine Archive
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On the march their officers dinned into them, "the enemy is stronger."
From Time Magazine Archive
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The metal walls dinned back the clangor of his steps.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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The courtyard features al fresco dinning and fireplaces, as well as sweeping westerly views that capture sunsets and city lights.
From Seattle Times β Jul. 9, 2021
In June, we dragged the tables outside and set up the planter boxes for outdoor dinning.
From Slate β Sep. 17, 2020
The house had an unfinished quality, and chickens strutted through the dinning room.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 8, 2019
Haven't eaten in the dinning room in years, no need to spend that kind of money when the dishes in the tavern are so terrific.
From New York Times β Aug. 16, 2016
Three words, endlessly repeated, dinning themselves hour after hour into receptive brains.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1β7
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