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: a flat-bodied stringed instrument with a long fretted neck and usually six strings played with a pick or with the fingers
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Jett said before diving into the airy guitar chords.
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 15 June 2025
Keith Richards’s guitar part, guttural and revving, meets St. Julien in the intro and builds steadily.
—Reya Hart, The Atlantic, 15 June 2025
But Pavement tweak it into a gorgeously shaggy guitar ramble.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2025
Another man raised a guitar over his head and tried to swing it at officers, his arrest affidavit stated.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 14 June 2025
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 15 June 2025
Keith Richards’s guitar part, guttural and revving, meets St. Julien in the intro and builds steadily.
—Reya Hart, The Atlantic, 15 June 2025
But Pavement tweak it into a gorgeously shaggy guitar ramble.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2025
Another man raised a guitar over his head and tried to swing it at officers, his arrest affidavit stated.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 14 June 2025
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“Guitar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guitar. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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