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as in whisper
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as in chirp
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Recent Examples of coo
Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Songbirds coo and chirp from the marshy fringe; tall grasses rustle in the breeze.
—Dan Rubinstein, Outside Online, 13 Mar. 2025
After hugging the proud mom, Woods smiled and appeared to coo over little Molly Grace.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Celebrities and academics would troop down to Havana to sit at Castro’s feet, cooing over him.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Mar. 2025
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Verb
She is reminded of her sin by an incessantly cooing dove; Dvořak represents it with a spooky warbling in the woodwinds.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Songbirds coo and chirp from the marshy fringe; tall grasses rustle in the breeze.
—Dan Rubinstein, Outside Online, 13 Mar. 2025
After hugging the proud mom, Woods smiled and appeared to coo over little Molly Grace.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Celebrities and academics would troop down to Havana to sit at Castro’s feet, cooing over him.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coo
Noun
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There have been a lot of whispers and rumours about where this prospective investment could come from but nothing concrete has emerged yet.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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There are enough vague, intractable whispers of diplomacy and further talks about talks, to provide the tantalising promise of a deal, without striking, or even delineating one.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
16 May 2025
Noun
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Drivers build lives around parking: the work shifts altered to align with the alternate-side-rotation hours, the keys always in the pocket, the Pavlovian alertness at the chirp of an unlocking car.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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From its facial expressions to its distinctive chirp, the creature is wreathed in a kind of nostalgia that Eighties kids will remember from those early days trolling the VHS rack at their local Blockbuster.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
26 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Cats are beloved members of many families, with 73.8 million of them prowling and purring their way around 42 million American households.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 May 2025
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Viewers online were able to see the cat resting on top of a warm bed, purring gently and looking toward his rescuer.—
Benedict Cosgrove,
Newsweek,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Frequent Shein and Temu shoppers can breathe a small sigh of relief after President Donald Trump rolled back the most stringent policies on Chinese imports, with the new rules effective today.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
14 May 2025
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Despite the sigh of relief from investors, the situation is still far from settled and a cloud of uncertainty hangs over the industry.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
12 May 2025
Noun
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This leads us to the crux...or perhaps the clucks...of my story.—
Phil Kafarakis,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Chickens run and cluck around the Bennet home; the family’s clothes look worn, at times even dirty; the houses are cluttered, the people messy, their interactions chaotic.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Some of the injured were being taken to hospital in ambulances, and in another video, a loud hissing sound can be heard before a blast hits a few feet away from a crowd of bicyclists.—
Mushtaq Yusufzai,
NBC news,
6 May 2025
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The door is heard to open with a whoosh and a hissing sound, but neither the door nor the plane exterior are shown in the aftermath.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The animals use complex clicks, squawks and whistles to call out to each other, fight and attract a mate.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Apr. 2025
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The show is thrilling as a sensory experience, humming with sinister percussive beats and the occasional muffled animal squawk in the distance.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
5 Apr. 2025
Verb
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In one video, the passenger shared a video of a brown roach making its way up the back of a chair from the back seat pocket with its little legs as passengers who witnessed it could be heard murmuring in the background.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
14 May 2025
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But the attitude of the Romanian mercenaries — always scanning the road, murmuring into radios — gave it away: Congo’s defenses were crumbling.—
Emmet Livingstone,
The Dial,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Coo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coo. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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