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loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound
if all the racket on the stairs is any indication, someone must be moving into apartment 3B
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Recent Examples of racket
Eduardo García, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Sep. 2024
This animated cartoon showed the birds hitting the ball back and forth with their rackets and commemorated the wheelchair tennis tournament that’s going on now at the Paris Paralympics 2024.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Noun
Finally, an array of criminal gangs has gained effective control over nearly a third of Mexico’s territory, pursuing extortion and other rackets that affect local communities far more than does international drug trafficking.
—Eduardo García, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Sep. 2024
This animated cartoon showed the birds hitting the ball back and forth with their rackets and commemorated the wheelchair tennis tournament that’s going on now at the Paris Paralympics 2024.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
Verb
After endorsing Head tennis rackets his entire career, Murray this spring started using a Yonex racket.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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In testing, Dyson's noise cancellation effectively muffled out most distracting sounds, including street noise, the rumble of subway trains, and music in a coffee shop.PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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The noises around me, the people, the cars, the children, everything disappeared with Tina.Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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Because, really, who doesn't love digging into a favorite dish while feeling the breeze against their cheek, the birds chirping, and the grass under their toes?Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2024
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For nearly an hour, there were no sounds—no laughs, no cricket chirps, no ticking of a clock.Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
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Bashful Bunny Ring Rattle $16 Nordstrom Jellycat’s ridiculously cute toys are slowly taking over the world, and this ring rattle is a rare pick that comes in under $20.Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 13 Sep. 2024
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The sound design booms and rattles, the delusions are even more elaborate and the body horror is even bloodier and more disturbing.Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
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With the sound of clinking wine glasses, tastes of inventive veggies, and the voice of an award-winning chef, the Courier Journal's new dinner series kicked off Sunday at a popular Highlands restaurant.Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
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Tears flooded Ye’s eyes as the group clinked glasses of champagne at 9:30 a.m.Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
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No speakers or microphones are needed to hear the roar of the tigress.Tim Ellis, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Mind Games came onto the scene with a roar, introducing 10 exquisite extraits with its Artisan Collection.Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
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But Judge appeared to peek at the runner at the last second and missed it, the ball clanking off his glove and kicking to his right.Mike DiGiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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Dan Kenyon’s dense sound design is another highly effective component, often blurring the lines between ambient noise and composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer’s chilling score, which incorporates clanking, groaning, juddering industrial sounds and leans heavily into distortion.David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2024
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Quartz’s Rocio Fabbro runs down Powell’s limited chatter about it.Melvin Backman, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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Around 9:15, someone turned up the volume and Rachel Maddow’s voice rose above the chatter, warning that results would be coming in all night.Curbed Staff, Curbed, 6 Nov. 2024
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Richard is sent overboard as the gun clatters onto the floor of the boat.Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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Ten minutes later the Bianconeri would pay for that miscue when Luiz — who gave away a penalty in midweek — clattered into Piccoli and another spot kick was awarded.Adam Digby, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
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“Racket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racket. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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