blare
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In a fire, any person expects to hear the piercing blare of a smoke alarm, yet not a single detector sounded that night.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Guy Berman, a 28-year-old Israeli student, waited out the blare of air-raid sirens before boarding a recent flight to Cyprus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
All Norma Tactacon can do is pray as the sirens blare.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
The implied message may as well be a reveille blare: Nothing so minor should get in the way of anyone’s aspirations to serve their country.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2025
And all around us blare signs I cannot read.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
As music blares and fans dance with Mexican flags, Leigh Slater smiles.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
"It blares 'hands not detected' when I'm not recording properly," said Sriramyachandra, who sends recordings via a special app to the AI data company Objectways.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
Today, hip hop plays at weddings, fills Ivy League dorms and blares from cycling studios in wealthy suburbs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
David Bowie’s “Nite Flights,” a Walker Brothers song featured on the late legend’s 1993 album “Black Tie White Noise,” blares from the speakers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025
Then he leads her through the metal detector snitch box, which blares its sharp alarm bell.
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
Children lined up for junior rodeo games just a few feet away from Border Patrol officers, as live country music blared from a massive stage.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Sirens blared, horns honked, and church bells pealed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
As Pope Leo arrived, rhythmic music blared from loudspeakers with inmates breaking into song and dance under the stern gaze of prison officers.
From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026
Reggaeton and banda music blared from the stores while I stocked up on the essentials: gold hoops, baseball hats and workwear to set me up in my new life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
The speakers were always turned up so high that the music blared, causing my ears to ring so loudly afterward that the high-pitched drone would actually keep me up.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
It was a blaring signal of defiance and a remarkable diplomatic escalation.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
“This wasn’t come in with guns blaring and take the documents,” Hertz said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
When the younger Sousa became its conductor at age 25, he recruited woodwinds to balance the blaring brass instruments, expanded its repertoire by transcribing symphonic works, and led meticulous rehearsals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
In fact, this rager was Hello Kitty–themed—with trippy visuals of the fluffy cat blaring behind the DJs—and was hosted by the Dave & Buster’s in Ontario, California, just over 35 miles outside Los Angeles.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
A rock-and-roll version of “The Star-Spangled Banner” starts blaring out of nowhere, and I glance around myself, trying to find the speakers.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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