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violin

[vahy-uh-lin] / ˌvaɪ əˈlɪn /
NOUN
musical instrument
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The name reflects the offensive's four stages, or seasons - like the Italian composer's violin concerto.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

The violin invites us to look past the ruined stonework to a truer Scotland, one accessible only through its music.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Composer Ari Balouzian borrows bits of Bernard Herrmann’s violin score from “Vertigo” while cinematographer David Bolen makes the audience hold its breath by framing an image of Fielder and Holmes like they might kiss.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

In another official building across town, violin notes mixed with air raid sirens.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

Mr. Van Hooten, his violin case slung over his shoulder, blew into the brownstone right before dinner began, exclaiming over the severe weather.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

Of course there’s comfort in the familiar, in the oboes or ocarinas of the ordinary world, in its violins and shamisens and diddley bows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

This happens to be the first work ever written for pairs of violins, violas and cellos, as an expression of freedom that, in 1776, felt revolutionary.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

There’s “White Hot Coal,” a pensive, acoustic folk rocker with violins as the ghost of an accordion.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

Cue the violins, because after Jerome Powell’s swan song Fed rate meeting, it’s his final two weeks in the hot seat.

From Barron's ● May 4, 2026

There was a box filled with violins, an accumulation of stuffed dead animals, chairs without seats, books and prints.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman


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