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lilted

verb

past tense of lilt

as in warbled

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Her distinctive voice has been Widowspeak’s emblem since the band first emerged, warbled like Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval over CB radio.

— Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 10 June 2026

Definition of warbled

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As Shohei Ohtani strode up to the plate Monday, Michael Bublé’s voice crooned over the Dodger Stadium speakers as always.

— Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Social media videos of the tribute showed the crowd singing along as Musgraves crooned the 1977 hit.

— Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of crooned

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After the team’s historic, championship-clinching summer, Thursday’s preseason matchup hummed with energy.

— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026
At a local senior residence center this week, the participants hummed with lindens and then headed into the art room to reflect on paper, using sepia-brown linden ink.

— Kendra Nordin Beato, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Oct. 2026

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This was a funhouse reality, in which children were lost and predators roamed, but through which white harts leapt through shafts of sunlight, songbirds trilled, and where honey and berries and acorns might be foraged for free.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
Femme tunes trilled in the background.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026

Definition of trilled

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Ukrainian defense company Fire Point trolled Yandex on X in response to a statement from the tech giant’s head of fintech division, Dima Pirogov.

— Zahra Ullah, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
And just two months ago, San Francisco Giants executive Buster Posey trolled radio station KNBR on-air after a behind-the-scenes employee was caught on a hot mic talking trash about him.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of trolled

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