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big noise

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noun

  1. informal an important person

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That is a collaboration with their Scottish peers Big Noise, also conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, who like Benedetti has supported Sistema Scotland since it first began in 2008.

From BBC

"We were here and we heard a big noise, a big boom, and we realised it's something in the neighbourhood," he told AFP.

From Barron's

The researchers believe that evolving in murky waters in Myanmar played a role in the development of this ability to make a big noise to help them communicate.

From BBC

“It was as though my memories were pigeons and the accident a big noise that had scared them off,” he reflects, without much bother.

From New York Times

“We have to find our way through it and get there. I don’t know if there are enough games. Maybe there isn’t. Maybe we run out of games. I don’t know. We’re going to have to make some big noise here in the next couple of weeks and we just must keep on going.’

From Seattle Times