megaphone

"Family members must stay in the waiting room," the employee shouted through a megaphone, reminding relatives that they were lucky to be alive.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

As her fellow lawmakers cast the last votes to pass the map, Nixon yelled into a hot pink megaphone, accusing her fellow lawmakers of violating the state constitution.

From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026

With a megaphone in his hand, Gonzalez pointed to the Ducks’ recent Stanley Cup playoff run as proof that Anaheim enjoys winning.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026

He used his incredibly powerful megaphone to question the integrity of a rival with whom he is locked in fierce competition for investors, talent and customers during a historic tech boom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

For my part, I’d go down to the fence between our two houses and yell, “Cassandra!” as loud as I could, a human megaphone.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

In part by dispatching health workers with megaphones to remind residents in traffic-clogged streets not to shake hands or hug.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Banned items include weapons, fireworks, flares, gas canisters, laser pens, camping chairs, umbrellas, flagpoles, air horns, megaphones, nitrous oxide, and excessive food and cigarettes security would think was more than "personal use".

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

Activists with megaphones were able to warn locals at the park before the contingent arrived, according to police sources.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2025

Religious speakers made an appearance, as well, with their own signs and megaphones, adding to the noise.

From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024

But one day, after we d been at the camp for about three years, we heard the megaphones, and it wasn’t the usual thing.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau

Business groups, including agricultural operations, also megaphoned their displeasure.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2023

But it is the quality of the show itself, megaphoned by reviews and word of mouth, that made it into the semi-hit it is.

From New York Times ● May 9, 2018

Sometimes clashes arise with headphone-wearing runners who are blasting tunes at such a volume that they can’t hear the megaphoned voices of announcers or the directions offered by volunteers.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 4, 2016

“Do you feel safer?” megaphoned Louise Hainline, the president of Neighbors for a Better Bike Lane, the group that organized the protest.

From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2010

Piper megaphoned after him: “Maniac! Come back! We was just kidding! You don’t have to!”

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

Writing in The Times, Mr. Crowther declared that “Mr. Preminger’s megaphoning and some expert photography have resulted in a most vivid blend of action and New York City backgrounds.”

From New York Times ● May 26, 2016

Inflammatory health scares are generally not the fault of a public health official trying to provide the facts but the media megaphoning said facts and using the official for hyped soundbites.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2016

"Health complaints were as rare as proverbial rocking horse droppings until the scare-mongering groups began megaphoning their apocalyptic, scary messages to rural residents," says study author Simon Chapman.

From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2013

Then back came the shadow again, and a voice was megaphoning, not from below or in the rear but from right overhead.

From Our Pilots in the Air by William Perry Brown

Our steamer-chair audience has often begged us to announce the composer and the name of each selection as we go along, and we usually appoint somebody to do this, megaphoning the titles through the window.

From Life's Minor Collisions by Frances Lester Warner