microphone
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When a clown’s only trick is shouting into a live microphone, the absolute worst thing that can happen is for the cameras to simply turn off.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
Hanny Junee was getting ready to sing Coldplay's hit Viva la Vida to a small audience in Trafalgar Square when the star joined him by the microphone and started singing along.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
When incumbent Sen. Roger Marshall stepped to the microphone at last weekend’s Kansas State Fair debate, hundreds of those gathered booed, hissed and jeered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Araujo’s only other tools are a microphone and a laptop, on which he’s installed an interactive software program he created that tracks the lineups of both teams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Ho Chi Minh, a frail figure in his mid-fifties, with a wispy gray goatee, stepped toward the microphone.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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As they continued into their first set of songs, it became apparent that the volume on their microphones was a bit low, leaving lyrics drowned in the rest of the mix.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
It contains cameras and microphones that vacuum up sensitive data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
They look just like ordinary spectacles or sunglasses but contain tiny cameras, microphones and batteries - and can access the internet, usually by pairing with a phone.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Journalists crowd together in the hope of hearing from him, microphones are thrust into the air and camera operators stretch above the crowd for the briefest glimpse of the game's biggest star.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Dill took his place again at the microphones.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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