The sleek black interior is matched with pre-fitted, dense noise absorbing material on the side panels, efficiently absorbing noise and vibrations.

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But tucked along a side wall, removed from the noise and the chaos, three Mets pitchers partake in a calmer, more professorial activity.

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On the other side of the wall, there was the noise of furniture scraping across a tile floor.

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The cabin is pretty quiet although we did notice a little bit of wind noise coming from the driver-side frameless window in our test car.

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Checking into the country hotel Villa il Tesoro outside Massa Marittima one afternoon, I stepped into the reception room to deafening noise and people shouting to be heard on the other side of a door.

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The Paulsens, having recently completed a protracted renovation of their own, were reluctant to complain about the noise and the mess, and Walter, on the other side, was too nice or too busy, but when Patty finally came home, late in August, after her months in the country with Joey, she was practically unhinged in her dismay, going up and down the street, door to door, wild-eyed, to vilify Carol Monaghan.

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