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The advisor would cite reasonable-sounding sources like haltabuse.org and the FBI.
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Brown was still sounding the alarm about one particular firm, Booz Allen Hamilton, when he was arrested on September 12, 2012.
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He's dazzling, fielding questions, spinning out anecdotes and limericks, sounding 35 and hungry for publicity.
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When the ship hit the rocks, the sound of bells ringing and alarms sounding echoed in the theater.
The Costa Concordia’s Randy Reckless Captain Takes the Stand|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST

His papier-mâché characters are either sounding boards or set dressing.
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For, at that moment Squinty stood up on his hind legs, as the boy had taught him, and walked over toward the big balloon basket.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
Squinty cuddled down in the basket of the balloon, between two bags full of something, and shivered.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
Nevertheless Monsieur de Biancourt was always on his guard, and often sent the boat on ahead with the sounding-lead.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
There were a great many of them in the balloon, and Squinty thought they must have something good in them.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
On the 11th of May, the sounding lead was cast, and bottom was found at 80b fathoms; a sign that they were upon the Codfish Banks.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various

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