microphone
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But 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. 24, 2026
“Actually, Nevermind” is a reflection of Tomlinson when she puts down the microphone, and she is nervous for readers to see that side of her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
At a Buffalo Sabres playoff ice hockey game in April, a microphone died while the Canadian anthem was being sung and the audience's voices filled in.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The 16-year-old this year built an app that cross-references noise picked up from a microphone nearby his house against an FAA registry and the flight-tracking platform FlightRadar24.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
He’d always been comfortable around adults, and he loved any chance he could get to grab a microphone and be the center of attention.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
They recorded more than 700 monal calls across both sites using microphones and passive recording devices and then measured pitch, call length and background noise levels for a year from April 2023.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Standing microphones, placed on different tiers of the set, never let us forget that Wilson was first and foremost a conductor of voices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
It contains cameras and microphones that vacuum up sensitive data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
During the war, the government handed it to a top-secret military intelligence unit, and engineers wired it with hidden microphones throughout -- even in the garden.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 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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