The rumbling of a crashing spacecraft was heard and the deafening noise stopped the argument. |
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The noise of the engines was deafening as they belched thick black clouds of diesel exhaust. |
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There was a gargle of noise, it was scary, my image blurred, the noise was deafening and frightening, as a monster was emerging. |
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Many residents were woken by the deafening sound of the exploding pipe and water gushing down the street and into their houses. |
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To a bleary-eyed child after a night at sea with the Burns Laird line, the noise of the Belfast men at work seemed deafening. |
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These ruminations are chased from my mind like dustballs when the band takes the stage to the deafening approval of their awaiting minions. |
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Just then, a fork of light streaked across the sky and a deafening roar filled her ears. |
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The end of the game arrived soon enough in a flurry of red and deafening hoots of victory. |
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There are constant traffic jams at every road junction and the honking of horns by irate drivers is deafening. |
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As we continued up the hill, the sound of air being sucked into the firebox was deafening, even with ear plugs. |
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A deafening roar surrounded them, growing higher in pitch as the careening ship gathered speed. |
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Are you ready to finally have your most deafening inclinations and desires voiced for you? |
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The nation came to a standstill in a two-minute silence at 10.00 am, signalled by deafening air-raid sirens and traffic grinding to a halt. |
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The noise in the kitchen was almost deafening, filled with the shouts of cooks, the clatter of pans, the hissing sizzle of some food deep-frying. |
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He returned yesterday to a deafening roar of hisses and boos and expletives. |
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Noise can be described as any loud or unmusical or disagreeable sound that is prolonged and can be damaging or deafening to the ear. |
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By now the atmosphere was electric and the screams of excitement from the fans almost deafening. |
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Five times in instantaneous succession, the heavy gun spoke, the crashing sound deafening all within the room. |
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Here are instances of unadulterated female victimhood, yet the silence of the feminists is deafening. |
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If a moviegoer tried watching a video with the sound off, the silence would be deafening. |
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We have been at the dam in years gone by when the roar of water pouring over the spillway was deafening, and could even be heard at the car park. |
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Lightning lit the summer sky, quickly followed by a deafening crack of thunder. |
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The wooden door burst open as if a bomb exploded behind it, the sound penetrating through the already deafening silence. |
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It hit with a deafening roar, punching the ship sideways so violently that it rolled hard over to port. |
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His entrance to the ring on Thursday was met by a deafening noise of applause, whistle-blowing, chanting and hooters going off. |
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The diaphones were absolutely deafening and sounded a 2 tone blast every minute or less. |
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The silence from high-street tills could prove deafening as that cash is clawed back. |
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It's not even as if the band is deafening, but everyone's just staring glassily into the middle distance. |
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The yaps and yowls are almost deafening, and as other sleds depart, your dogs go absolutely mental, tugging on their leads and jumping forwards. |
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The sound of crickets, mosquitoes, and the occasional hoot of an owl pierced the deafening silence. |
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The shockwave hit a second later, throwing Tim and the others to the floor as a loud crack rent the air, the sound nearly deafening them. |
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The explosion ripped through the steel hull of Cole on the port side amidships with a deafening roar. |
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The deafening thunder reverberated around the room and struck back down from the high ribbed ceiling. |
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Supporters, many waving flags and home-made banners, cheered on their heroes and often the noise was deafening. |
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Someone raised the already deafening volume on the sound system to aching intensity. |
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The chorus calling for the Fed to open its money spigots further has become deafening. |
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A bright fork of lightning struck the clouds ahead, and the outburst of thunder was deafening. |
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For a long second the deafening sound of the shot rang out and echoed through the otherwise silent countryside. |
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The silence is deafening, and the ringing that woke me resounds in my ears. |
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Signed, sealed and delivered was the reprise as he danced to the ensuing deafening roars of approval. |
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The thunderous roar of the crowd is deafening even when the stadium is less than half-full. |
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The support for the British number one from the Birmingham crowd is deafening. |
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The noise was quite deafening, and my attempt to block all these unwanted sounds by avoiding the vision was almost completely futile. |
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Afterwards, Terry tells me he ended up putting in earplugs in between songs, the applause and yelling was deafening him. |
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It was impossible to hear anything over the deafening crashing of the desks or the unbearable exploding of the hallways. |
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Suddenly the commercials that were created to break through the cacophony have created a deafening sameness. |
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A deafening cheer arose from the cockpit as the Snow Eagle dropped out of warp space right next to them. |
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One would have thought that a story of this magnitude would warrant extensive media coverage but no, the silence is deafening. |
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The silence of the presses is deafening and the telescreen continues to bleat. |
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As I squeezed the trigger, the sound was deafening, the gun jumped uncontrollably in my hands. |
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There was a terrific, deafening crash, and a dazzling flash of intense red light. |
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One detonated a few feet from Aguero, peppering him with shrapnel and deafening him temporarily in one ear. |
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The thundering crash of shotgun blasts were made even more deafening within the confines of the small room. |
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He was trying to regain his feet when the machine gun opened up almost deafening him. |
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The air brakes kicked in, almost deafening her, and the plane slowly came to a halt. |
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When the time-delayed fuse is lit by pulling the pin, the powder burns, creating a deafening bang and a blinding flash. |
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On the picket line there was the deafening sound of car horns tooting support, and strikers cheering, singing and chanting. |
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So what's next for Al, a role where he's just a deafening Tasmanian Devil-like tornado, spewing hoo-ha's and drops of midnight hair tonic? |
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Was not the official government silence deafening on this matter of security? |
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The space was breathtaking, but the echo of the door slamming into the doorstop was deafening in the silence. |
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The flight station was instantly filled with a deafening, rasping, angry noise, as if a chainsaw had been started at full throttle. |
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The affirmative answer was engineered, predetermined and deafening in its repetition. |
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When we got out on the street we saw a billow of white smoke and the sound was deafening. |
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Blinking to reaccustom herself to the darkness, Lexa already had her hands over her ears when the deafening blast of thunder reached her. |
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In rows of kennels, dogs awaiting adoption wag their tails furiously, bark in a deafening chorus and whine desperately for attention. |
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At several points during our conversation, I simply couldn't hear over the deafening thump of my own pulse. |
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They were trumpeting like crazy and inside this huge old concrete building, it was deafening. |
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The stadium reverberated to the deafening roar of the national anthem. |
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On that note, the silence from politicians and pundits is deafening. |
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Smith punched out the chunky metal riffs on his Gibson guitar, while George inserted fleet-fingered leads and deafening whammy bar dips on his Gibson Explorer. |
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Between the deafening whine of the jet engines and the music, the two men looked at each other and wondered what in God's name was transpiring up there. |
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Any upcoming release of a new Apple product guarantees a deafening cacophony of idle speculation from tech sites. |
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Then a deafening cheer, as 50,000 people realized at once we had just experienced a major earthquake. |
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The decibel level of all this at Fox and the usual redoubts will be deafening. |
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Wreathed in flame with its fiery eyes flashing, the giant wolf-like creature uttered one long, deafening howl and began advancing slowly, menacingly. |
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He slipped inside and, struggling to think over the deafening noise of the generator, he found the control panel that regulated the machine and switched it off. |
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The voice from the radio faded into the deafening hiss of static. |
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The lights were bright, the chorus and orchestra deafening, the adrenaline pumping, the action frantic and then, as quick as a flash, it was all over. |
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But none of this excuses the fact that Hollywood's silence is deafening. |
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The deafening echo of gunfire roused Lourdes from her sleep. |
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The pound and scrape of feet, claws, and metal talons was deafening. |
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The only real noise was the sheets screeching through the blocks and the deafening creak when one running backstay was let off and the other was ground on hard. |
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At each turn toward misery, the crowd support got louder, and more deafening. |
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The freighter's engines sprang to life, deafening its only two occupants. |
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Icebergs split off from the towering ice-cliffs with deafening roars. |
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One of the silly arguments of those deafening poorly designed electronic voting machines is that there's never been any evidence that they miscount votes. |
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As I turn around, the cheering cries of the people are almost as deafening as the explosion blows the homemade rocket into the clouds amidst billows of white smoke. |
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Elsewhere Andrew's engagements are met with a deafening silence and the roll of tumbleweed. |
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Her struggling and shrieking was met with deafening, stinging slaps to her cheeks, rendering her even more determined to be released from his death grip. |
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They were welcomed by nearly unanimous deafening screams and proclamations of undying love. |
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The deafening klaxons can leave one feeling helpless, but there are still steps you can take to mitigate the damage. |
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A deafening explosion and blinding flash filled the night sky. |
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She comforted herself at first with the thought that with the brawling, deafening stream between them, there would be no chance for embarrassing conversation. |
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A streak of lightning struck a nearby tree, followed by deafening thunder. |
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Brass bands playing patriotic and national folk songs and Lebanon's national anthem were regularly drowned out by deafening chants from the crowd. |
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The chatter was deafening as people mingled and chatted and circulated much to the bemusement of the staff as they tried to deliver food to the appropriate peripatetic diners. |
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An overweight, middle-age woman struts out on stage wearing a tube top, miniskirt and high heels to the deafening whoops and hollers of the studio audience. |
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The crowd was surging forward, deafening him with screams and cheers, more high pitched than not, as the majority of the throng pushing him forward seemed to be girls. |
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Even in the impregnable fortress that was Robert Inglewood's twenty-fifth floor office on Greene Avenue, the sounds of the howling wind and pounding rain were deafening. |
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Suddenly, just as he began to put pen to paper, a deafening alarm sounded. |
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It's deafening, the loudest wildest piano bar I've ever seen. |
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A few minutes later Grace rejoined the cast on stage for the curtain call, stepping forwards with Faust to curtsy once, twice, three times to a deafening applause. |
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The blessing was met with a mass 'Amen' and then deafening applause. |
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Orlan had to yell in order to be heard over the deafening noise. |
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The blast was deafening so I knew my colleagues had heard it as well. |
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The ring tone's on, but the music is deafening so I can't hear it. |
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It was a deafening roar, perhaps the loudest sound ever heard. |
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It sounded like a dull roar at first, but now it was nearly deafening. |
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Fr Iggy O'Donovan from Drogheda, Co Louth, said there has been a deafening silence since the decision was made to sell the pill over the counter. |
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The suggestion that they work through the holidays met with deafening silence. |
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We stand frozen, mouths agape, and when we turn off the air hammer, the silence is deafening. |
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Arms are raised, the cheers are deafening, the pipes turn to a strathspey and a whole section of the crowd launches into a mad jig. |
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Tommy does so, deliberately deafening, muting, and blinding everyone, only to inadvertently invoke a riot. |
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That said, the fans did George Best proud by respectfully maintaining a deafening silence. |
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There's been a deafening silence for some time, but if he wants to chat that's fine with me. |
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Yesterday, the deafening silence of the neighbouring streets showed the feeling of community tragedy. |
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For me, the highlight was the boneshaking vociferousness of Hands, which culminated in a deafening show finale. |
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Just as they tuned out the deafening craziness in San Francisco, the Dodgers tuned out the deafening silence here. |
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Kirsten Powers on the deafening silence from U.S. pews and pulpits. |
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However deafening, this noise enables me to reactivate sedimental memories of the communal environment I am writing about. |
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Many a homeowner resting safe and secure has been awakened by the deafening sound of his or her home's security system. |
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This is important because these bats contract their middle ear muscles when emitting a call, so they can avoid deafening themselves. |
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Due to the arrival of a busful of Bavarian tourists, the noise in the hotel lobby was deafening. |
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She was then presented for the people's acceptance, amidst a deafening noise of organs, fifes, trumpets, drums, and bells. |
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They know they will face either a swift backlash or deafening silence. |
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As an island archipelago New Zealand accumulated bird diversity and when Captain James Cook arrived in the 1770s he noted that the bird song was deafening. |
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It was peppered with shrapnel and at the same time as we flew into a brick air-raid shelter at the rear of the infirmary, the whistling bomb explosions were deafening. |
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Let Priyanka explain all the Congress scandals and incompetencies eg inflation, unemployment, declining FDIs, etc, and her deafening silence all these years. |
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From the deafening scream of a jet engine, to the constant rat-a-tat of a needle gun, loud and annoying noises are everywhere on USS George Washington. |
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A chorus of spring peepers was so deafening it nearly drowned out the chorus frogs, whose exuberant songs nearly drowned out a lone, early-bird bullfrog. |
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Eventual winner Dashmar crossed the line to a deafening silence and, to add to the farce, a horse called Canonbiebothered gave up and ran out at the first bend. |
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Slowly, though, he moves from questions about his own life and destiny to an urgent desire to hear God without the deafening static of his own importunateness. |
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They emit calls outside this range to avoid deafening themselves. |
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