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No, Sound is a pressure wave not a linear wave, the waves radiate spherically from their point of origin.

Also as a pressure wave, it travels in a medium and if that medium is moving the sound wave propagation can be modified by that movement (bent).

They also behave like sea waves impinging on a headland and can be bent round objects in their path in complex ways.

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