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No, it is not possible for a sound to become louder as you move away from it in a typical acoustic environment. In general, sound waves spread out and disperse as they propagate through a medium, resulting in a decrease in their intensity or loudness with increasing distance from the sound source.

The decrease in sound intensity with distance is described by the inverse square law. According to this law, the sound intensity decreases proportionally to the inverse square of the distance from the source. This means that as you move away from a sound source, the intensity of the sound decreases rapidly.

If you were to experience a situation where sound seems to be getting louder as you move away from it, there may be some specific environmental factors at play. For example, if there are reflective surfaces or acoustic phenomena that focus or redirect sound waves, it could create an anomalous perception of increasing loudness. However, such scenarios are rare and generally not encountered in everyday situations.

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