Then loud cheers broke out.

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This story unfolded in February 2006, with a furor like that of one of those summer thunderstorms that periodically sweep across the nation's capital, seeming to arise out of nowhere, building rapidly to a loud and frightening climax, and then moving out again, leaving Washingtonians to wonder what had hit them.

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And then my husband leaned over and said it out loud.

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From various places, soft or loud sobbing would break out and then subside.

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Clearly pleased, Federico let out a loud shriek of "hurray", then told McCall over the house tannoy: "Right, see 'you's' later".

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Then, after they acknowledged they had a verdict and filed out, Simpson let out a sigh that was loud enought to almost echo in the courtroom, as if he were deflating.

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