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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cawing
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The giveaway begins with conservative Cardinal Tedesco (Sergio Castellitto, so great in Marco Bellocchio’s My Mother’s Smile but strident here, away from Bellocchio’s complex virtuoso ambivalence).—
Armond White,
National Review,
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Fundamentalist Protestantism has emerged as a strident, controversial voice in South Korean conservative politics.—
ROBERT E. KELLY,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Feb. 2025
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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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The result was a raucous and at times sentimental at television's most famous comedy hour.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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Most notably, the tournament’s championship game between Charles Barkley’s team and Shaquille O’Neal’s came to a screeching halt after five minutes of play.—
Bennett Durando,
The Denver Post,
17 Feb. 2025
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On the contrary, the movie fatally overestimates the appeal of its monsters and their habitat, and the fun comes to a screeching halt when our characters plunge into the Gorge itself and begin to learn the truth about what their governments have been trying to hide.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2025
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But with the emergence of digital media, today's cacophonous environment features billions of podcasts, blogs, streaming channels, and social media influencer accounts that each cater to micro-viewerships with zero editorial oversight or accountability.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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There is a primordial quality to the woods that oscillates between cacophonous forest chatter and eerie silence in the space of a ridge or two.—
Laura Lancaster,
Outdoor Life,
2 Jan. 2025
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Uruguay is a place that shuns extremes — where abrasive politics is frowned upon.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
25 Feb. 2025
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The physical living space begins to take a toll on newlywed George Lutz’s mental state — the formerly caring family man grows violent and abrasive toward his wife, Kathy (Kidder), and her children.—
Gayle Sequeira,
Vulture,
20 Jan. 2025
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Just as jarring, in my view, has been Trump’s embrace of Putin-like tactics at home, a hallmark of his return to power which has unfolded with a speed and ferocity far different than what Trump was able to pull off in his first term.—
Susan B. Glasser,
The New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2025
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Turning the zoom dial too quickly creates a jarring effect, but a slower, steadier touch results in smooth footage.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
18 Feb. 2025
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Rule 10b5-1 trading plans came into the fold just over two decades ago to reconcile these two discordant facts.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
18 Feb. 2025
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That puts a heavy burden on sound designers P.K. Hooker and Will Files, whose intrusive mix of creepy noises is often indistinguishable from Benjamin Wallfisch’s discordant score.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Cawing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cawing. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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