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Arriving at a rustic log cabin, you’ll be greeted by a shot of moonshine dispensed by another cowboy, while a third strums his guitar and croons songs about life on the open range.—Sophie-Claire Hoeller, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025 Gaga croons gently, letting the lyric speak for itself.—Kristen S. Hé, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025 The commercial encouraged those in attendance at the stadium to croon along to the familiar tune, which most people likely knew.—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025 In college, Cedric was in singing groups, crooning harmonies with others.—Michael Schneider, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for croon
Today’s news item is brought to you by the letters S, Z, and A. Sesame Street welcomed SZA on Thursday to sing a song about gratitude.
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Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
Shakira is extremely experienced and professional — not just with her choreographed dance moves and her ability to sing to a large crowd, but also in knowing what her fans want.
The trade deadline was so entertaining, that Mikko Rantanen decided to change jerseys twice in a week, leaving most experts claiming that this was the highest-profile player in NHL history to be traded midseason by two serenade teams.
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Tyler Small,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
And sure enough, her nightly serenade continued without skipping a beat.
The whole montage was respectful and gracious, with a classical score, rather than a pop chipmunk warbling a sensitive ballad about dead people.
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Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
3 Mar. 2025
Peggy Seeger’s 1957 recording of it is a brisk, warbling take with arpeggiated acoustic guitar — a classic example of the kind of carefree-songbird tunes from the early folk revival.
Caring for ourselves and each other is a radical act of refusal, one brimming with a tricky little revolution just behind our eyelids, in our bedrooms, our lullabies, our dreams, our stillness, our get-togethers, and our morning pages.
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Akilah Sailers,
Essence,
5 Apr. 2025
When Lakan goes to the brothel, he is allowed to hear the sound of Fengxian’s lullaby from the annex where she is kept.
The Knicks settled on running more offense through Anunoby and Bridges, the pair of wings who kept the offense humming with the All-Star and captain out due to injury.
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Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
7 Apr. 2025
Rising wages have enabled people to keep spending, which has kept the overall economy humming along.
The world’s second-largest economy continues to face a range of challenges, from job insecurity among the younger generation to sharp downturns in the property sector, once a cornerstone of the country’s economic growth.
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Hassan Tayir,
CNN,
5 Feb. 2025
The former president's endorsement process has evolved from haphazard to sharp and effective, rendering all other endorsements all but obsolete.
Jeff Bezos falls after Blue Origin New Shepard capsule lands
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos took a tumble in Texas while circling the New Shepard capsule that landed safely after carrying fiancee Lauren Sanchez, pop star Katy Perry and others to space, Monday.
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Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2025
On Monday morning, CBS Mornings host Gayle King, pop star Katy Perry, journalist Lauren Sánchez, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe and film producer Kerianne Flynn traveled to space.
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