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Recent Examples of honk
Next came a honk that was lower in pitch than the first, with a slight bray.
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Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Former Anderson Township Trustee Andrew Pappas organized a honk and wave at the private jet center where Trump's private plane landed.
—Scott Wartman, The Courier-Journal, 16 May 2024
While fending off these undead clowns, if players use a melee attack, the zombie clown's horn honks.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 24 May 2024
Thousands of young people flowed into the Mbour stadium to see him on Friday evening, the air filling with the honk of vuvuzelas.
—Mady Camara, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
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Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Former Anderson Township Trustee Andrew Pappas organized a honk and wave at the private jet center where Trump's private plane landed.
—Scott Wartman, The Courier-Journal, 16 May 2024
While fending off these undead clowns, if players use a melee attack, the zombie clown's horn honks.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 24 May 2024
Thousands of young people flowed into the Mbour stadium to see him on Friday evening, the air filling with the honk of vuvuzelas.
—Mady Camara, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for honk
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The jungle struck up its evening symphony: the sweet chittering of insects, the distant bellowing of monkeys, the occasional screech of a kite.Charlie Cordero, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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But as the race against former President Trump screeches into its final week, joy has taken the back seat.David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
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Image: Kidde The alarms connect to the Ring app and, as well as sending alerts when triggered, will notify you about a low battery to help avoid those 2AM chirps.Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025
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This beautiful cat makes the sweetest chirps and meows to talk to you!Staff report, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2025
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Barrymore squeals in disgust after reaching into her pocket and pulling out a sandwich.Shyla Watson, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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At the corner of St. Peter and Royal Streets, a tuba begins its rumbling and a trombone squeals; the instruments sparkle in the sunlight, glinting gold amid a gathering crowd.Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2024
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There’s no dialogue, at least none decipherable to human ears — everything is a symphony of meows, woofs, squawks, grunts, squeaks, squeals and simian cries.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
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Flocks of sparrows and parrots chirp and squawk in the palms overhead.Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 9 June 2024
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In the Eighties, when DeStefano was a musician in the band, the trumpet section briefly included…flugelhorns?David Browne, Rolling Stone, 15 Dec. 2024
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The girls discovered their instruments — the trumpet for Zohra and the violin for Farida — and their passion.Marc Smith, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Collecting data and recordings of leopard roars has proven difficult in the past, according to the study, making the study of their vocalizations and communication challenging.Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
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In one strip, the kids act out the horrible roar of an atomic bomb, and Snoopy has frequent aerial battles with the Red Baron.Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
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And on Thursday night, Ken Carter was one of about two dozen people inside a basketball gym, where the only signs a game was taking place were the squeaks of sneakers and four buzzers to signal the end of each quarter.Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
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There’s no dialogue, at least none decipherable to human ears — everything is a symphony of meows, woofs, squawks, grunts, squeaks, squeals and simian cries.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
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For me, the Caribbean is the cluck of a rooster during sunrise, a coconut from a roadside truck to quell the afternoon heat.Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2024
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Her 8-year-old daughter, wearing pigtails, sucked on a lollipop as the clucks of chickens cut through the quiet of the neighborhood. 1 of 2 In Georgia, agriculture is a $83.6 billion industry that supports more than 323,000 jobs, according to the Georgia Farm Bureau.Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Honk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/honk. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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