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blare

[blair] / blɛər /


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It’s in keeping with the spring-through-summer obsession with other topics that blare a disconnect from average concerns, say a $400 million, 90,000-square-foot, gilded ballroom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

In a fire, any person expects to hear the piercing blare of a smoke alarm, yet not a single detector sounded that night.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

The implied message may as well be a reveille blare: Nothing so minor should get in the way of anyone’s aspirations to serve their country.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2025

Voices echo through the vast, concrete space and a cacophony of drills and electric lifts beep, buzz and blare.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2025

Then he lifted his voice in a wild brassy blare that set echoes clamoring in the draws and canyons for miles around.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson

As music blares and fans dance with Mexican flags, Leigh Slater smiles.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

"It blares 'hands not detected' when I'm not recording properly," said Sriramyachandra, who sends recordings via a special app to the AI data company Objectways.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

It blares at 113 decibels, on par with a rock concert.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026

David Bowie’s “Nite Flights,” a Walker Brothers song featured on the late legend’s 1993 album “Black Tie White Noise,” blares from the speakers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025

The whistle blares intermittently in a minor key.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

But like many failed relationships, the warning sides blared earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Volunteers handed out food and water, patriotic songs blared from loudspeakers and organisers repeatedly urged supporters not to confront police if they were stopped.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Sirens blared, horns honked, and church bells pealed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

"Is Netanyahu real or AI?" an internet headline blared, pointing to a video that supposedly showed the Israeli prime minister with six fingers.

From Barron's ● Apr. 2, 2026

Music blared from a radio perched atop a phone booth down the block, where a group of men leaned against cars parked in front of the barbershop.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon

In a few seconds the CrossWave had squirted to its top speed of 55 mph and was skipping across the gentle swells in a blaring, brutalizing ecstasy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

"It's not working for the Broadway productions that are interrupted by loud noise blaring from pedicabs outside their theaters," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

"We were shooting in town, and someone drove past blaring World of Our Own out of the speakers," he tells Newsbeat.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

I hadn’t heard them outside of the hits — blame my father, who insisted on blaring Bob Dylan — but it was one of those experiences you wish you could live through on repeat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

And so there in the heart of the police station, with the radio blaring out the latest news of the German advance, we prayed.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom


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