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Recent Examples of earful
Two days into preseason practice, San Diego State offensive line coach Mike Goff was giving the linemen an earful.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2022
Regardless of his depth of feeling in his return to Boston Monday, Cassidy still got an earful from Bruins' fans.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Dec. 2022
Not surprisingly, Matt Wayne had an earful of complaints and concerns — from the payroll fiasco and peeling paint to a lack of custodians, mental health services and permanent teachers as well as questions about school safety.
—Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2022
Straw getting an earful of the Bronx cheer needs no explanation.
—Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 19 Oct. 2022
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San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2022
Regardless of his depth of feeling in his return to Boston Monday, Cassidy still got an earful from Bruins' fans.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Dec. 2022
Not surprisingly, Matt Wayne had an earful of complaints and concerns — from the payroll fiasco and peeling paint to a lack of custodians, mental health services and permanent teachers as well as questions about school safety.
—Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2022
Straw getting an earful of the Bronx cheer needs no explanation.
—Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 19 Oct. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for earful
Noun
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The latest broadside from Casey against Trump is in keeping with the singer’s disdain for 47, which lately has come in the form of calling out fans who rock Trump gear at the group’s shows.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
18 Mar. 2025
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The opening salvo of broad satire that has now become a broadside, preaching mostly to a New York choir that agrees with the vaxxers and ridicules the antis, soon flips once more.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
17 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Walker Kessler’s 3-point barrage Words soften over time.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Oscar Wilde’s infamous antihero Dorian Gray probably would’ve loved to have a barrage of cameras pointed at him, reflecting his gorgeous visage.—
Christian Lewis,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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To be sure, such disruption could bolster stocks if Mr. Trump were to reverse course on his salvo of tariffs set to be deployed next month.—
Anne Marie Lee,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2025
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Ibsen saw an individual’s self-determination as a remedy for bourgeois hypocrisy, the first salvo of liberation.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2025
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And finally, in January 1972, several dozen people were injured in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh when hundreds of troops across the city let off a fusillade of bullets at a total eclipse of the moon.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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To minimize the unending fusillade of Trump’s first weeks in office, to choose to turn away, to shut off the news, is to indulge in self-soothing.—
David Remnick,
The New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Then there were the drop shots, the drive volleys, the tricky, left-handed slice serve.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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From economic downturns and socio-political grief to health issues and personal losses, life throws a volley of challenges our way.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Investors are also expecting a flurry of economic data this week.—
Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2025
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Most solar cycles have two peaks, so astronomers expect a flurry of sunspots in the sun's northern hemisphere.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Right now, the Northeast faces a greater risk of powerful wind gusts rather than tornadoes and hail.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
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Monster storm heading east this weekend to spew tornadoes, hail and snow On Saturday, strong storms will impact a zone from Texas to Nebraska, Arkansas and Iowa.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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The sound of the cannonade continued without any break.—
Samya Kullab and Hanna Arhirova,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Aug. 2024
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Artillery cannonade from both sides is heard around the clock.—
Andrew E. Kramer,
New York Times,
7 Dec. 2023
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“Earful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earful. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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