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Adjective
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The orchestration is a touch grotesque, with the first violins given a shrill D two octaves above middle C.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025 -
Still, the shrill alarm that echoed on Friday morning as Israel announced airstrikes on neighboring Iran gave her that familiar feeling.—
Isabel Rivera,
Miami Herald,
15 June 2025
Adjective
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Likewise, there is a strident belief right now that getting mega-stars in AI will get you to AGI and ASI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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Both countries are currently governed by strident nationalist coalitions, with an antiglobalization backlash dominating domestic politics.—
WILLIAM HURST,
Foreign Affairs,
3 July 2025
Adjective
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Unlike harsher retinoids, this one is gentle enough for sensitive skin.—
Simon Hill,
Wired News,
10 July 2025
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The mask fully blocks out the harsh cabin lighting and that inevitable sunrise glow before landing.—
Samantha Leal,
Travel + Leisure,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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Finding the perfect coffee maker has been a perpetual and grating search for me.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
9 July 2025
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The Miz, often derided as a wrestler for his flamboyant and grating onscreen personality, is few people’s idea of a WrestleMania main-event talent, so his win makes the 27th event stand out as kind of an oddity.—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The world is crowded, noisy, and sometimes hostile.—
F. Willis Johnson,
Twin Cities,
10 July 2025
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The negatives included noisy wheels and some faulty stitching.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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Reporters were not allowed to attend the meeting, but the raucous crowd could be heard from outside.—
Vanessa Romo,
NPR,
7 July 2025
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Johnson was then lauded with the award statuette, to another round of raucous applause.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
6 July 2025
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“Overloud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overloud. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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