Word: wail
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...search of Huk guerrillas. In a clearing they saw something moving. It proved to be a scrawny eight-month-old baby crawling along the ground. Another patrol stumbled on a pair of year-old infants wandering through a coconut grove. A farmer out fishing heard a baby's wail, searched the bushes and came across two more babies...
...loudest wail during the past year has come from MSA officials.They charged that by agreeing to set the price of oil to Europe at the U.S. Gulf rate, three of the seven companies have overcharged MSA countries some $50 million since 1949 on shipments of Middle East oil. Three weeks ago MSA banned such purchases, announced that from now on the U.S. would buy no more oil for Europe in its foreign aid program...
...Sounds. Some of Peggy's old fans, accustomed to a soft voice and easy rhythms from her, were not pleased. They thought they detected traces of the Johnnie Ray wail. They were bothered by the sound of Peggy's gentle voice struggling against a clattering rhythm section, galloping violins, and something that roared like the M-G-M lion. The overall effect was a little like an echoing nightmare in a subway express. But it didn't bother the fans of "the new sound" (TIME, Oct. 29): they were buying the platter faster than any Decca record...
...sound of the red alert, a wavering, long, loud wail, scheduled for 10:20 a.m. today, all students are warned they must stay inside, preferably in a cellar, or go to designated shelters if they are on the streets. All vehicles must be stopped where they are, and their occupants or riders must head for protection. The alarm will last for ten minutes, until 10:30, but no one should leave shelter until the sound of the all clear--a series of short blasts...
...updated it with "the wail of sirens . . . the thud of bombs...