horn
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She compared Huerta to a train “rattling all the windows behind me, blaring out its horn, announcing its simultaneous arrival and departure with an incredible clamor, but rushing constantly forward.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
But I didn’t know that when our rig sounded three long horn blasts as pieces of the roof came down—a signal to evacuate and move to defensive firefighting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
‘To Pimp a Butterfly’ was, to me, like the unicorn horn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Samoan Prime Minister La'auli Leuatea Schmidt wore a Jewish prayer shawl when he was sworn in last year, entering the room to the sound of a ceremonial "shofar" horn.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
The blast of the ship’s horn shook the world.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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A celebratory mood gripped the capital, with drivers honking their horns and passers-by holding up three fingers -- the winning list's ballot number and a Serbian greeting.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
The armoured vehicle was stationary for between 38 and 43 seconds after the collision, the inquest heard, as soldiers shouted "wait" and horns sounded.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
There is a communication breakdown when one partner makes a unilateral financial decision without consulting the other, along with a locking of horns over the mortgage.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
Soul horns and synths liven the production up, but it all underlines how far her writing and vocal performances could travel through genres.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Truth be told, the appearance of the Bloomer was not unlike a black-nosed, golden-horned, bloodred bull, snorting and puffing steam out of its nostrils and its tall, glittering horns.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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Alaska’s Lake Clark National Park is a pristine home to brown bears, horned puffins and beluga whales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Bayouth said from her Silver Lake studio, turning over a horned cat figure smaller than a strawberry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Tom Berendsen, managing director of production company Business/Club, this year made a Super Bowl advert for Skittles starring Elijah Wood, surreally, as a magical horned woodland creature.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Triceratops and other horned dinosaurs had exceptionally large nasal cavities compared to most animals.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 22, 2026
The horned goddess gestured for them to follow her into a clearing several yards away from the hut and the yumboes.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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The New York Times has long been horning in on what was once the Voice’s exclusive turf.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2024
Using a device to achieve the same effect was unfairly horning in on AT&T property.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2024
The poet Kay Ryan has written that, at literary conferences, she resents “personality horning in on the real question: the words on the page.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2023
He left behind a celebrated quote: “The trouble with boxing today is that legitimate businessmen are horning in on our game.”
From The Guardian ● May 22, 2015
And he did not want Maya-Jade horning in.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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