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Recent Examples of twang
Country's crossover year: Beyoncé led a cadre of pop megastars who flirted with country twang this year.
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Adam Tamburin, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
The poignant delivery was paired with Baker’s skilful twangs on banjo and Torres’ talents on the guitar.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2024
As some have noted, the topical focus does strike in me a weird moralizing twang — What’s up with that?
—Lily Burana, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
Pairing her raw lyrics with soft guitar twangs and sweeping violin breaks, Lenker makes depicting quiet devastation and eventual recovery look easy.
—EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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Adam Tamburin, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
The poignant delivery was paired with Baker’s skilful twangs on banjo and Torres’ talents on the guitar.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2024
As some have noted, the topical focus does strike in me a weird moralizing twang — What’s up with that?
—Lily Burana, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
Pairing her raw lyrics with soft guitar twangs and sweeping violin breaks, Lenker makes depicting quiet devastation and eventual recovery look easy.
—EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twang
Noun
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This Christmas Time Tour is, obviously, constructed around Carey’s commandeering of the holiday thanks to a sweet jangle of an anthem.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
2 Dec. 2024
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These are recipes where modernity jangles with the delicious rhythms of the past.—
Scott Hocker,
theweek,
27 Sep. 2024
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The tang of Zing Zang transports me to the crowded confines of my grandmother’s wet bar, where the adults mixed batches of Bloody Mary’s as family slowly trickled in on Christmas Day.—
Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin,
Southern Living,
22 Dec. 2024
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Flavor Red velvet offers a nuanced, luxurious flavor profile that entails sweet notes of vanilla balanced by a pleasant tang from the buttermilk and vinegar, all rounded out with a muted hint of cocoa.—
Darcy Lenz,
Southern Living,
28 Nov. 2024
Noun
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The high-contrast black-and-white rattle offers plenty of visual appeal for additional stimulation.—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
24 Oct. 2024
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Tribal members dressed in their finest regalia–silver, turquoise, coral, shell, feathers–shake gourd rattles in a ring enclosing the Deer Dancers and two Deer Maidens.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes,
2 Jan. 2025
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The door chime at their floral and gift shop tinkles every few minutes as another customer and friend comes in to collect their $10 bows.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA TODAY,
12 Sep. 2024
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On our first evening the piano bar—resplendent in gold Thai silks, with tiger orchids blooming across the green carpet—was filled with laughter, the glug-glug-glug of Champagne pouring, and the tinkle of keys.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 May 2024
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The latest currency, the world’s newest, came with pomp and fanfare — promotional catchy jingles and songs played repeatedly on public radio, television and online.—
Farai Mutsaka,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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So is Marie Watt’s (b. 1967; Seneca) text jingle blanket.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes,
2 Dec. 2024
Noun
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In the coastal towns, surfers line the golden sand beaches and tuk-tuks zip along twisting roads, their horns blending with the rhythmic clink of fishmongers’ knives and the sizzle of hoppers frying in street stalls.—
Christine Chitnis,
Vogue,
8 Jan. 2025
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When given a shake, the piece emits echoing clinks evocative of rushing water.—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
22 Oct. 2024
Noun
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The chinks in the armor are most pronounced in the brief glimpses of Hao’s home life; his wife is a lifestyle coach for women and domestic conversations tend to arc towards tense gender essentialism.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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However, some chinks in the armor have been exposed, and Johns failed to claim the No. 1 spot in either Men’s Singles or Men’s Doubles at the end of 2024.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Within hours of arriving, what sounded like a distant peal of thunder rolled in—in this case, the rumble of a harmless, but still awe-inspiring, small-scale avalanche.—
Samantha Falewée,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Oct. 2024
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Many of the ringers wore earplugs or headphones to muffle the deafening peals.—
Joseph Wilson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
8 July 2024
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“Twang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twang. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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