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Recent Examples of bah Saturday had a chance to be a season-salvaging win, and then … bah. Seth Emerson, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025 As usual, the Blue Moon employees are rowdy and ready to party; their festive spirits are doused with bah humbug reality when Maddie demands everyone work over the holiday. Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 23 Dec. 2024 Also gearing up for another 90 degree day in Boston, bah. R29 Team, refinery29.com, 5 Aug. 2024 Even with some traditional holiday events cancelled, the season isn’t totally bah, humbug. Will Coviello, NOLA.com, 4 Dec. 2020
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Interjection
  • As the film begins, a mother (Kim Hye-soo) and her young daughter (Park Yeon-ah) have just moved into a new apartment after Mom caught Dad cheating.
    Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Of course, that assumes the school will make the right hire, which for this program … ah, nevertheless.
    Seth Emerson, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025

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“Bah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bah. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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