microphone
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During a dance class for the prisoners, a crew of rappers took over the microphone and began freestyling.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Henion attended that evening’s Town Council meeting, where she stepped to the microphone to demand answers about what she called “the elephant in the room.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Known as oto-acoustic emissions, these sounds can be detected by placing a sensitive microphone inside the ear canal.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
Pegasus can be installed surreptitiously onto a target's smartphone and read messages, geolocate and secretly turn on the device's camera and microphone -- effectively turning the phone into a pocket spy.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
The microphone crackles to life above our heads.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
Zito has been in touch with park technicians near his home, noting they are sitting with microphones and equipment to capture sonic readings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
“Shaping Sounds” offers considerable technical information about microphones, recording equipment and studio layout—a valuable document from the era of analog recording.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
It is being recorded as part of work harnessing hidden microphones, cameras and artificial intelligence to reveal the secrets of species living deep in the rainforest and help protect them.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Starmer was in front of the cameras on Friday, visiting a police station before the planned protests this weekend, but not in front of microphones.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
An even bigger crowd waited outside on the courtroom steps and on the sidewalk below—more supporters, more reporters aiming microphones and cameras.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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