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Recent Examples of aah
Brianna Crane, Axios, 5 Sep. 2024
There was quite a bit of oohing and aahing at the Hotel Thermal in 2023 when the Karlovy Vary film festival opening ceremony started with a curtain being raised and women becoming visible.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2024
Afterward, a wide-eyed Alvarez could be seen oohing and aahing on the Astros’ bench.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 9 May 2024
People walked out of theaters stunned, oohing and aahing over the shocking ending.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
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Verb
Set up a chair and blanket just before sunset, and join the chorus of Portlanders oohing and aahing.
—Brianna Crane, Axios, 5 Sep. 2024
There was quite a bit of oohing and aahing at the Hotel Thermal in 2023 when the Karlovy Vary film festival opening ceremony started with a curtain being raised and women becoming visible.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2024
Afterward, a wide-eyed Alvarez could be seen oohing and aahing on the Astros’ bench.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 9 May 2024
People walked out of theaters stunned, oohing and aahing over the shocking ending.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aah
Noun
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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
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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
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Farke shouted and put a hand on Chambers’ shoulder, smiling.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
28 July 2025
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Every twenty or thirty feet, a hawker would shout and cross the street to shake my hand, or step away from a storefront and fall in beside me.—
Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
Noun
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If those photographs, an implicit quest for a self-image, form a kind of question mark, what comes next in the show has the impact of an exclamation mark: a self-portrait from 1950, in which Varda sports the bowl cut that would be a trademark for the rest of her life.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
15 July 2025
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Rafaela delivered the exclamation mark again in Sunday’s 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays, following his go-ahead knock on Thursday and his walk-off home run on Friday with a two-run shot in the bottom of the sixth that capped off a three-run rally.—
Mac Cerullo,
Hartford Courant,
13 July 2025
Verb
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The new measles cases occurred just a few weeks after the Cabinet for Health and Family Services announced two unvaccinated infants had died of whooping cough in the last six months, marking the first deaths from the illness since 2018.—
Molly Gregory,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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The film earned a hugely enthusiastic seven-minute standing ovation and, in perhaps a Cannes first, saw Skarsgard hug a man dressed in a gimp mask as the audience whooped and cheered.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
18 May 2025
Verb
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In response to the roaring fans, the singer made sure to put them front and center.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
29 July 2025
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The highlight was a 540-foot rocket, on June 5, 1967, that roared over the most distant sign atop the roof of Philadelphia’s old Connie Mack Stadium in the deepest part of left-center field.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
27 July 2025
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“Aah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aah. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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