hiss
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The theater reopened this past weekend with “The Great Bank Robbery,” a 30-minute-plus show in which audiences are encouraged to boo, hiss and swoon over the characters, a Bird Cage tradition since 1954.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
Play Under The Rain or Breathe Again and you'll hear a telltale hiss running throughout the tracks.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026
“Not My World” is one of the better tracks on the record because it leans minimal, letting the hiss and click of the rhythm bump against a buzzing synth that almost risks irritation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025
It sounds like "a descending scream, a deep roar and a final growing hiss," he reported.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2025
That hiss, faint as it was, irritated the irascible gentleman, and sealed the culprit’s fate.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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