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as in to talk
to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities
once he saw the kind of jail time he was facing, the suspect was singing loud and clear to the police
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as in jam session
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Recent Examples of sing
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
In My Own Words, Ne-Yo In 2006, there was a pretty firmly entrenched division of labor between the pro songwriters who wrote R&B hits and the stars who sang them.
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Al Shipley,
SPIN,
29 June 2026
An Arkansas native who sang more than 650 times at the Metropolitan Opera in New York died Sunday at the age of 98.
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Bill Bowden,
Arkansas Online,
29 June 2026
People raised their hands and sang along, but only for a few minutes.
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Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
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Verb
Hendry sang, taunting Austin Theory, Logan Paul, Paul Heyman and even Brock Lesnar.
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Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
In My Own Words, Ne-Yo In 2006, there was a pretty firmly entrenched division of labor between the pro songwriters who wrote R&B hits and the stars who sang them.
—
Al Shipley,
SPIN,
29 June 2026
An Arkansas native who sang more than 650 times at the Metropolitan Opera in New York died Sunday at the age of 98.
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Bill Bowden,
Arkansas Online,
29 June 2026
People raised their hands and sang along, but only for a few minutes.
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Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sing
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Even as a large number of fans at Miami Stadium chanted for Uruguay throughout Sunday's match, Cape Verdean players seemed undaunted.
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While there were no vuvuzelas, the plastic trumpets that put South Africa on the map during the 2010 World Cup, there was lots of chanting and cheering on site.
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Videos from these gatherings showing chanting crowds beneath concert lights, audience members crying, hugging strangers and dancing barefoot have racked up millions of views online.
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Mexico lost that game on penalties but Aguirre was not crying because of his red card or the result.
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Before assuming the new borrowing limits apply to you, talk with your financial aid office.
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Above, her mother’s brother, Abdullahi Mohamed, cradled a cup of tea in his hands and talked to her parents about their Central Avenue community, the news of the day and the global events that dominated the early 2000s.
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Separated by decades of time and distance and different lines of work, the members decided to get back together for an informal jam session two summers ago in Seattle, where McCaffrey lives.
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Susanna Hoffs, a singer and guitarist, responded to an ad the sisters placed for a female musician, which led to a garage jam session in Hoffs' parents' basement, per the Los Angeles Times.
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Jeremy Siegel, a seasoned economist and Professor Emeritus of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, has vocalized concerns about the efficacy of gold as a buffer to inflation.
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The speech came three months after Dolan vocalized a Finals-or-bust expectation during a rare interview on WFAN.
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There appears to be no clear association between these two lists, although the contaminant list is supposed to inform the monitoring list.
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Marcia Kimpton's hotel tips Kimpton’s upbringing informed her approach to selecting hotels.
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As with other global cultural events, such as the Venice Biennale currently underway in Italy, the glittery annual songfest is intended as a display of goodwill and togetherness between nations.
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Crawford also doubled to lead off the sixth, but Chandler worked his way out of that jam, striking out both Turner and Kyle Schwarber, then retiring Harper on a soft grounder to second.
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Others may step in when a package jams, a label fails to scan or a pallet needs human attention.
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“Sing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sing. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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