cue in
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However, it comes against a backdrop of arriving in Sheffield without any competitive action since breaking his cue in frustration at the Championship League in January.
From BBC • May 1, 2025
Thesefindings are the first example of static electricity being used as a sensory cue in a predator-prey interaction.
From Science Daily • May 24, 2024
Depending on what researchers said to them, participants in the study would either smile or frown on cue in certain phases of sleep.
From Scientific American • Oct. 20, 2023
What may be the most incongruously funny musical cue in “Beef” arrives a few minutes into the pilot episode, “The Birds Don’t Sing, They Screech in Pain.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2023
On the stage, Mr. Shakespeare gave the cue in his hollow ghost's voice: "Adieu, adieu, adieu. Remember me."
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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