as in roar
loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound
the bowwow coming from the store's returns desk on the day after Christmas
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Rudolph’s free-form use of onscreen effects and graphics extracts in visual form the manic contents of this inner verbal roar.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2025 -
And the acoustic details to amplify the roar of the crowd.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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Other residents in New Hampshire and Rhode Island also reported the rattle.—
Stephen Sorace,
Fox News,
27 Jan. 2025
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The collar’s microphone and sensors can detect rattlesnakes by listening for the sound of a rattle, or detect if a pet goes missing or is kidnapped.—
Boone Ashworth,
WIRED,
15 Oct. 2024
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Image As for other noise, sports-watching venues across Canada were raucous.—
Vjosa Isai,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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Critical Thinking In a world awash with data, the ability to discern signals from noise is invaluable.—
Brent Gleeson,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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Just a few years ago, as investors dove into beauty at an unprecedented pace, much of the chatter in the industry was focused on the billion-dollar brand — sales wise.—
Kathryn Hopkins,
WWD,
21 Feb. 2025
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Wilson and Broccoli have traditionally done little to shoot down this chatter.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
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According to the Council on Foreign Relations, the Sinaloa Cartel’s international presence is unmatched by any other Mexican criminal group, with a diverse empire of extortion rackets, weapons trading, prostitution and oil theft alongside their drug business.—
Max Saltman,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
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Last week, Cristiano Ronaldo turned 40 years old—an age when most athletes have long hung up their cleats, sneakers, tennis rackets or boxing gloves.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
12 Feb. 2025
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However, that was correctly ruled out for offside and Bayern slowly turned the screw in Glasgow, establishing some dominance in the din and then clinically scoring either side of half time to take charge of the tie.—
Tim Spiers,
The Athletic,
12 Feb. 2025
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Because Fassler’s finished works are so deeply connected to their sites—specifically, to the dirt and din of urban hubs—encountering them in white-cuhe exhibition spaces can be jarring.—
Mara Hoberman,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2025
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“Bowwow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bowwow. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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