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horn

[hawrn] / hɔrn /


NOUN
antler
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NOUN
cornet
Synonyms
STRONG






NOUN
siren
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NOUN
siren
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NOUN
trumpet
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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

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

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

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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