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carol

[kar-uhl] / ˈkær əl /


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Britain's Princess Catherine and her daughter Charlotte have teamed up to perform a piano duet in a prerecorded clip for a Wednesday replay of a Christmas carol service.

From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025

People go along to the carol service in nearby Llandaff Cathedral and enjoy their meal afterwards.

From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025

Many children find themselves singing at school in the run up to Christmas - at a nativity play or carol concert, often with parents watching proudly on.

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2025

The Princess of Wales hosts her fifth annual carol service at Westminster Abbey, which champions individuals and organisations in the UK who have provided support to local communities.

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2025

Brother Luke was teaching him to sing a carol, because it was near to the Feast of Christmas.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli

Girl Scouts sing carols as onlookers sip cocoa at the annual lighting ceremony.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025

The dazzling display of lights, accompanied by religious and festive imagery and soundtracked by Filipino rap and Christmas carols, is part of the annual Giant Lantern Festival.

From Barron's ● Dec. 19, 2025

Walk through any mall at this time of year and you’re bound to hear the typical sounds of the season: Christmas carols.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025

Her first memories of Christmas are as a child in the town of Lviv where she would have to mend her own shoes and go house to house singing Christmas carols to earn small change.

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2025

The first hint of it was Mr. Morton going around the schools teaching Christmas carols, but the first sure sign was the store windows.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

“For he’s a jolly good patient, for he’s a jolly good patient, for he’s a jolly good patient, which no one can deny!” the staff caroled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2022

Crystal’s uncle, a professional Santa, was at home with the sniffles, but the group still caroled before perplexed motorists.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 24, 2016

For want of glitzy decorations, flowers adorn communal areas and hymns are caroled with great gusto.

From Time ● Dec. 25, 2013

"She certainly won't get any publicity from me !" caroled Miss Lawrence on the Aquitania.

From Time Magazine Archive

And then, from the tall pines and birches that ringed the pond, a wood thrush caroled.

From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit

He’s made personal appearances at Atlanta Braves games and carolled with the Falcons.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 19, 2019

After a prima donna had carolled the National Anthem, John F. Hylan, Mayor of New York, gave the "Caseys" the freedom of the City in one of his famed welcome-speeches.

From Time Magazine Archive

The meadows, bathed in dew, sparkled as though decked with gems; the air was mild, nature thrilled with joy, a lark carolled to the sun.

From Six Women and the Invasion by Gabrielle Yerta

"He'd better remain, for I don't think he'll go," gaily carolled the Chief Justice, with a reminiscence of a burlesque written at a time when burlesques were comic.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 62, January 1, 1872 by Various

Green sprigs were in his hat, and other some Stuck in his coat; he bore a wooden flute, And redbreasts hopped and carolled at his foot.

From King Cole by John Masefield

At the previous luncheon, Rice had pledged to send GEO employees Christmas caroling across town; he even gave Mayor LaDawn Edwards $300.

From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2025

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

While giving a tour of the farm hours before caroling, Vinson described the precautions taken at Churchtown Dairy, including regular testing and treating the cows’ udders with an iodine solution.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 24, 2023

When a group of friends and neighbors on a Pacific Northwest island go caroling, they create an amusing cacophony: Warbling in mismatched tones and keys, they stand next to each other but not together.

From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2023

I was okay with it really, but still, it wasn’t a big thrill hanging out alone in my room for most of the night, listening to my parents’ off-key bickering caroling up the stairs.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

No carolling, no parties and even Germany's much loved glühwein stalls will close, as drinking outdoors is banned.

From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2020

The whole thing winds up where it began, with the star, efficiently cured of his miseries, embracing his younger self, and carolling “I’m Still Standing.”

From The New Yorker ● May 31, 2019

Marjorie also waltzes through the Winfields’ kitchen, during the preparation of Thanksgiving dinner, carolling “Ain’t We Got Fun?”

From The New Yorker ● May 14, 2019

Each year, he packs out concert halls across the UK with repertoire ranging from Bach to John Rutter, Handel's Messiah, carolling choirs like King's College, Cambridge and a sprinkling of pop.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 16, 2010

“I have heard her carolling like a bird.”

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya




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