microphone
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"Time does not mean anything when you are about to have water lapping at your door," Peter Dutton quipped, before being told a microphone was still on, in remarks that offended Pacific island leaders.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
Then at about 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday, El-Sayed stepped onto the stage in downtown Detroit and said his whole name into the microphone.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2026
Carol Haring asked during her turn at the microphone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
Before Hinojosa arrived on stage, the host ushered to the microphone a woman who identified herself as a 46-year-old Houston native who had never voted before.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
“Attention, this is Radio Moscow,” Levitan said into the microphone.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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"All sensors in a vehicle that are suitable for surveillance" can pose a threat to military security, it added, highlighting cameras, radar, microphones and data transmission systems.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026
"We borrowed some microphones, Kevin had built a small computer and we recorded the first album like that, basically just hanging out together," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
We watch coders: And, yes, they’re coding with microphones, they’re coding with headsets, they’re speaking to their code.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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
In barely audible Spanish, as if secret microphones or informers were all about, he whispered to his wife, "You will permit her to read that?"
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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