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Recent Examples of Synonyms for booed
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When early goals by both teams were denied by offside calls, the aggrieved fans jeered and whistled — the equivalent of Chiefs fans booing pass interference against their guy.
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While several hundred Iranian Americans protested the government outside, many fans from the diaspora jeered and turned their backs on the field during the national anthem.
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Refn has made characters moving and speaking in a benzodiazepine fugue state — lines hissed out stiltedly into dead air, spoken like throwing stones down a well — his signature in recent films.
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His line drive hissed past a leaping Steffen for a 3-2 Miami lead.
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Trump had already maligned the people of that country while on the campaign trail, and his promise of a Muslim travel ban would hit Somalia too.
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Trump has repeatedly maligned Haitian immigrants, including falsely accusing Haitians living in Ohio of eating people’s pets.
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“Booed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booed. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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