microphone
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With Springsteen taking the microphone, the audience was treated to an unforgettable version of The Doors’ “Light My Fire,” followed by Steve Earle’s rip-roaring take on “Roadhouse Blues.”
From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026
So far, I’ve managed to do some prepublication interviews without too much trouble, and I’m planning to use a microphone anytime I speak to a crowd.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
“I think I heard someone yodel,” Carpenter said into the microphone.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
Davidson said the BBC should have "worked harder to prevent anything that I said" from being aired, and questioned why he had been seated near a microphone.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 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
Vocabulary lists containing microphone
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: micro
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