microphone
Example Sentences
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Hegseth spent most of his time at the microphone praising Trump and God.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
Episodes generally begin the same way, with the sisters sitting behind a table with an old-fashioned radio-days microphone nicknamed “Mike-elangelo” between them.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
The winners in the live-action short film category had the microphone turned back on after initially being played off the stage.
From Salon • Mar. 16, 2026
Shortly after telling a festival crowd in New York she said she'd had a "tricky couple of days", she dropped her microphone, collapsed backwards and had to be helped off stage.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026
Each was allotted a specific amount of time, and Amelie had been deadly serious when she told them the microphone would be turned off if they went so much as one second over.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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