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Recent Examples of booing
Sam Joseph,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
And Hinch was jeered again after Jones struck out, bookending the booing and showing Tigers fans are perturbed over the team’s downfall.
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Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2026
Most memorably when he was asked by The Star’s Jaylon Thompson about the booing.
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Kansas City Star,
8 May 2026
The anger builds, leading to louder and more frequent booing.
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Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
16 Apr. 2026
Among the many rules at Augusta National — no cell phones, no booing, no lying in the grass — patrons are not allowed to run.
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Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
Or perhaps all the booing was from those that have wisely fled the state.
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Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
7 Apr. 2026
That is why the booing of Israeli — and in some moments American — athletes during the opening ceremony landed with such dissonance.
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Rabbi Bruce D. Forman,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2026
Trump plowed on loudly through the booing.
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Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
The booing happened multiple times in the first half when the former Arsenal player touched the ball.
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Sam Joseph,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
And Hinch was jeered again after Jones struck out, bookending the booing and showing Tigers fans are perturbed over the team’s downfall.
—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2026
Most memorably when he was asked by The Star’s Jaylon Thompson about the booing.
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Kansas City Star,
8 May 2026
The anger builds, leading to louder and more frequent booing.
—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
16 Apr. 2026
Among the many rules at Augusta National — no cell phones, no booing, no lying in the grass — patrons are not allowed to run.
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Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
Or perhaps all the booing was from those that have wisely fled the state.
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Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
7 Apr. 2026
That is why the booing of Israeli — and in some moments American — athletes during the opening ceremony landed with such dissonance.
—
Rabbi Bruce D. Forman,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2026
Trump plowed on loudly through the booing.
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Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
10 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for booing
Noun
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Researchers have also looked into using Madagascar hissing cockroaches as an alternative to testing on mammals in certain fields.
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There was no explosion, no frantic hissing, or toxic plume.
Verb
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Graduates boo speakers for mentioning AI At multiple college graduation ceremonies around the country, graduates and audience members were seen booing and jeering speeches.
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It’s reported that some Knicks celebrators followed the Spurs back to their hotel, jeering and egging them.
Noun
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This graduation season has been marked by a wave of boos and hostile audience reactions at ceremonies across the country wherever tech executives have attempted to frame AI as the engine of graduates' futures.
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The smattering of boos toward him that started the year have grown louder.
Noun
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Loud jeers have greeted the stoppages, around 22 minutes into each half, especially at games played in stadiums with roofs and air conditioning, such as Atlanta.
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In response, the Fed raised or lowered interest rates to increase or decrease liquidity, eliciting both cheers and jeers from political and economic opinion makers.
Noun
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After the final whistle, instead of celebrating, the team circled up around phones awaiting the result of Spain’s faceoff with Uruguay.
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The evidence was there before the first whistle.
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“Booing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booing. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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