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Recent Examples of coo
Jade Chang, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
The males strut, coo, puff their chests and enthusiastically preen to court females.
—Lisa Gutierrez
march 13, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
Our voices echoed up while, on the roof, pigeons cooed.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
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Noun
As the family is photographed, several Aces members come in and pause for a brief hug and coo before ducking quickly out of frame.
—Jade Chang, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
The males strut, coo, puff their chests and enthusiastically preen to court females.
—Lisa Gutierrez
march 13, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
As many viewers cooed over the dogs' tranquil moment, others began asking logistical questions about flying with pets.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
Our voices echoed up while, on the roof, pigeons cooed.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coo
Noun
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News reports would later surface that Keenan was negotiating with the Detroit Red Wings during the Rangers’ playoff run, but Olczyk and many of his teammates had already heard whispers.—
Vincent Z. Mercogliano,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Grande sings that lyric in a low tone, not quite a whisper, but something just as fragile and out of breath.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
20 May 2026
Noun
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The pair began to exchange words early in the second half, cracking the type of crooked smiles that hardly concealed the competitiveness driving both players to chirp and ridicule and needle one another on both ends of the court.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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Stephanie says, between a bark and a chirp.—
Gerald Witt,
AJC.com,
1 Mar. 2026
Verb
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While the video plays and the cat closes in on Bender ever-so-slowly, hen turkeys in the nearby pasture can be heard yelping and purring.—
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
23 Apr. 2026
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Their first conversation is comically lopsided, and McKellen, purring his way through what is effectively a monologue, lays the groundwork for his most vividly inhabited and hilariously irascible performance in years.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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With the war between New Jersey and Shah of Iran impersonator Phil Leotardo ending in dramatic fashion, Tony can now breathe a brief sigh of relief, though his crew now looks like a shell of its former self and there are looming indictments hanging over our favorite mob boss's head.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2026
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Owners celebrate the approval and breathe a sigh of relief.—
Matthew Meehan,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
Noun
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In Threes, builds its sentences from splats, crashes, clucks, clinks, whooshes, and thuds.—
Shaad D’Souza,
Pitchfork,
20 Apr. 2026
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On a recent Saturday, visitors swelter under the sun in a long line stretching into the dirt parking lot and swap rumors as passing chickens cluck at their ankles.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Gaga hisses to her hair and makeup team after Priestly swans away.—
Nigel Smith,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
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Mature geese have kept a close eye on the eggs, occasionally honking and hissing at those who have approached.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The film almost completely drops any and all scientific babble from the book in favor of character development, action sequences, and emotional gut punches.—
Matthew Razak,
Space.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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Read a book and sip tea in front of the central fireplace, swim between the indoor and outdoor sections of the glimmering pool, and soak your aching quads in the hot tubs under the evergreens and aspens while listening to the peaceful babble of Gore Creek.—
Sarah Kuta,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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He was missed — especially vocally — since Gill’s angelic voice does not, in any way shape or form, resemble Walsh’s charmingly out-of-pitch squawk-talk style.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
25 Jan. 2026
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Toy keyboard plinks and saxophone squawks spiral over a booming racket of drums in the ether, slyly threatening to collapse, like an elaborate plate-spinning act.—
H.D. Angel,
Pitchfork,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Coo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coo. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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