as in shrill
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Adjective
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On shrill winter nights, Moscow’s power is conspicuous, its Orthodox cathedrals and Stalinist high-rises illuminated, though the view falls dim in the autumn and spring, shrouded in sheets of greige.—
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3 Apr. 2026 -
The chaos is still an acceptable price to pay for Birney’s expertly offputting performance, a shrill mania that gets increasingly comic over time.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2026
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Football coverage can also often be dominated by ex-players, bluntly exchanging unnecessarily strident views.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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In a strident, aggressive veto message by Andrew Johnson.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
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The incentive is clear for Mexico, as the group winner will play the next two knockout rounds at Azteca Stadium, where El Tri has never lost a World Cup match.—
Eduard Cauich,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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What’s clear is that each of my friends is watching a different movie about AI inside their head, telling themselves a different story and living in a different reality.—
Nancy Colier,
Baltimore Sun,
17 June 2026
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“Clarion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clarion. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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