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Recent Examples of honk
The honk of strident organ music would punctuate moments of tension.
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Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
The mourners waved in response to the occasional honk from passing motorists.
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Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
Noticing and tracking timing of annual events Phenology is the study of these natural phenomena and their annual cycles, from the first springtime peek of a groundhog to the last autumn honk of a goose.
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Steven Sullivan,
The Conversation,
26 Jan. 2026
Bufford said data gathered by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety shows that men and younger drivers are the most likely to speed, tailgate, merge dangerously, and make rude gestures or honk at other drivers.
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Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
The mourners waved in response to the occasional honk from passing motorists.
—
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
Noticing and tracking timing of annual events Phenology is the study of these natural phenomena and their annual cycles, from the first springtime peek of a groundhog to the last autumn honk of a goose.
—
Steven Sullivan,
The Conversation,
26 Jan. 2026
Bufford said data gathered by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety shows that men and younger drivers are the most likely to speed, tailgate, merge dangerously, and make rude gestures or honk at other drivers.
—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for honk
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Equally notable throughout the game was the angry screech, reserved for whenever the Czech Republic players had the ball — or worse — were given a free kick.
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Guests range from ordinary commuters to figures like Cate Blanchett and Julian Casablancas, all subject to the same fluorescent lighting and ambient subway screech.
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What started as a creative chirp is now stitched into the vernacular—less insult, more itinerary, as the shift from the rink to the links has become engrained as hockey’s preferred therapy.
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Then, sit back and listen to the sweet chirp of birds, watch the butterflies, and enjoy the fragrances from your beautiful container garden.
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From the pig trailer came a bang, followed by a muffled squeal.
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In response, the paddlers near the front of the canoe momentarily pause their paddling and squeal as the sea lion splashes them.
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Air traffic control at Heathrow cleared the flight for a priority return after the pilots issued a squawk 7700 — the code for a general emergency.
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He was missed — especially vocally — since Gill’s angelic voice does not, in any way shape or form, resemble Walsh’s charmingly out-of-pitch squawk-talk style.
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There are trumpet players and a keyboardist and three different guitarists.
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Soon, Jones was playing trumpet in the Bumps Blackwell Junior Band and backing Billie Holiday.
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Military flyovers added to the atmosphere, with the roar of aircraft overhead loud enough to make seats visibly vibrate.
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But with altitude and the roar of support from their fans, 2026 may become a new marker in their story.
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The vocal repertoire consisted of at least seven different squeak types.
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Others reported a persistent squeak.
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In Threes, builds its sentences from splats, crashes, clucks, clinks, whooshes, and thuds.
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On a recent Saturday, visitors swelter under the sun in a long line stretching into the dirt parking lot and swap rumors as passing chickens cluck at their ankles.
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“Honk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/honk. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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