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Recent Examples of ooh
Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 22 Apr. 2025
If the long track record of Hawk-Eye used during tennis matches is a guide, fans are more than willing to ooh and ahh in excitement at a digital representation of a ball on a giant screen.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2025
Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2025
When Yoda did come through the entrance with shelter volunteer Linda Miller, there were cheers and oohs and aahs at the sight of the bundle of energy.
—Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
Peter Tonguette, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
The emotion inside the building was impossible to ignore, the crowd oohing and aahing at every crossover, gasping at every shot and desperately trying to will the ball into the basket each time a Laker launched it.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025
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Interjection
Friends would come over and ooh and ahh at his views of the Empire State Building and the complex’s massive communal terrace.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 22 Apr. 2025
If the long track record of Hawk-Eye used during tennis matches is a guide, fans are more than willing to ooh and ahh in excitement at a digital representation of a ball on a giant screen.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
Vance’s Best Friend, the Canadian Politician, Has No Comment
Her ooh’s and ahh’s draw Shipp over, gears already turning.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2025
When Yoda did come through the entrance with shelter volunteer Linda Miller, there were cheers and oohs and aahs at the sight of the bundle of energy.
—Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
By the same token, the stars assembled to deliver statuettes into the hands of their fellow stars were worth oohing and aahing over.
—Peter Tonguette, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
The emotion inside the building was impossible to ignore, the crowd oohing and aahing at every crossover, gasping at every shot and desperately trying to will the ball into the basket each time a Laker launched it.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ooh
Interjection
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And hey, guess what — Guy finishes the episode by, to some degree, taking my suggestion.—
Lily Osler,
Vulture,
3 Nov. 2025
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But, hey, Aaron Judge is still really good.—
Stephen J. Nesbitt,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Guests will ooh and aah over this gorgeous DIY autumn porch decor.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Bearing rugelach, Brooks arrived late, shouted everyone down, and then—infuriatingly—made their work better.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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The video shows immigration agents arresting a man later identified as Dennis Quiñonez, as people shout that there is a child in the back of the car.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
9 Nov. 2025
Interjection
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Setting it in one building also set off ah-ha moments.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
15 Oct. 2025
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Amid the federal vaccine policy upheaval, these groups and other major organizations ha ve broken with federal guidance and published their own vaccine recommendations – and some states have formally adopted these recommendations, too.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN Money,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Do people still shout that word as an exclamation of triumph?—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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That wide-eyed exclamation has been Reeves’s official trademark ever since, and its eternal adolescent naïveté has kept him from being properly judged on the merits of his work.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The driver of the truck sped up before the attacks, and Koenig whooped with excitement after Bartell was killed and her car drifted off the road, testimony at trial revealed.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
4 Nov. 2025
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In a few hours, this room will be filled with friends and collaborators like SistaStrings, Brandy Clark and, of course, her bandmates, Phil and Tim Hanseroth, who whoop and cheer while the record plays.—
Marissa R. Moss,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
Interjection
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The series was expressly marked as preparation for Australia’s full tour in 2027 (hooray, finally some selection foresight), but those runs might not go unnoticed in the more immediate future.—
Sam Dalling,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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In the meantime, hooray for the archive!—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Anez Cooper were hollering for the play.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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There are hoots and hollers from raucous tourists on Bourbon Street, for example.—
Matt Alderton,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Ooh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ooh. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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