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wail

verb as in cry loudly

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In Kyiv, there has been only one night since Sept. 1 without the wail of air-raid alerts sounding from smartphone apps.

Shortly afterwards, a few floors down in the emergency room, the wail of a siren warns of casualties arriving – from that air strike.

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Musk's fans may wail that it's "just a joke," but Clinton is right.

As the wail of the alarm rang outside, we moved to the shelter in the BBC’s Jerusalem Bureau - a secure part of the building with no windows.

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Minutes later, a few floors down, sirens wail as an ambulance brings in wounded from the latest strike.

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