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cry

[krahy] / kraɪ /




VERB
formally announce to others
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That’s a far cry from the at least two million annually that Musk has predicted Tesla will eventually build.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

"Back home when we play in front of our own fans, just to see the fans, the crowd get behind us, singing the national anthem... it makes me cry every time."

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

His interactions with Holmes are pure cringe comedy, like when she starts to cry perhaps a bit on cue and he stiffly sputters, “Do you want, like, a tissue?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Since its 2020 release, “Promising Young Woman” has become a lightning rod for heated conversation — quite a far cry from its initially warm reception, which led to five Oscar nominations and one win.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

With a cry, Torak started rooting around in the wreckage.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

A few of their cries could be heard above the seagulls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

A survivor who was hauled to safety on a rescue boat had described the frantic cries on board the passenger-cargo vessel when the fire erupted on Wednesday evening.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

An elephant seal cries out at the sight of a photographer 2.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

And all the literature about the American Revolution itself is rife with the passionate cries for liberty and equality, not paeans to “the land.”

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

Nhamo wailed uncontrollably as the warriors and Prince Kakono sacrificed themselves, but her cries weren’t for them.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

Another woman — Domínguez’s daughter — cried in the hallway as she waited for her mother’s case to get called up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

“I cried yesterday ... it was triggering of Woolsey when we lost our childhood home in the mountains,” Sierka said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

At one point in the police interview, she cried while saying "this was something dirty that had happened".

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Goodburn, 25, cried while looking down the camera, saying he was "on my knees begging" for help to ease the "unbearable suffering" of patients and their families.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

"What does this mean?" cried Jiller, clutching her son's shoulder.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

For a scene where he needed to read a devastating letter, Los Javis showed Guitarrica photos of him as a child, “He started crying and read it like they were his own words,” says Calvo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

I rarely find myself both crying with laughter and crying through my laughter in the span of the same film.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

The Homebound Project, a charity which funded the return, said the cloak was "crying to come home".

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

These are the Yankees, for crying out loud!

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Whippoorwills were calling, and night hawks were crying as they dipped and darted through the starlit sky.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls


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