megaphone

Rowsell climbs onto the drum riser and steals Amey's bumblebee sunglasses while screaming into a megaphone.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

"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

When he arrived at around 8:30 a.m., a police officer was on a megaphone announcing that the shop wouldn’t be opening, that no watches would be sold, and requesting that the crowd disperse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

Across the room were some chemical-agent canisters in a special vest, next to a riot helmet and megaphone.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

On a balmy August day, six Lima antennas shaped like megaphones pointed skyward from poles on the edge of a field in a rural part of Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

“I know when law is not enforced what chaos and corruption results,” said Chotev, as protesters shouted into megaphones nearby.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2025

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

From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024

In a news release, the university said the protesters had violated school policy on Friday by setting up tents on the lawn and by using megaphones.

From New York Times ● May 4, 2024

A coast guard vessel patrolled the racing lanes, her crew sounding a siren and barking orders through megaphones, keeping the lanes clear of small craft.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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