curr

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curr
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
Verb
  • But on a recent warm September morning, the rhythmic beat of jackhammers crushing concrete with steel and the hissing flow of rush hour traffic greeted a group of amateur ornithologists.
    Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Nineteen hours after departure the train took its final breath, hissed and braked into the historic port of Narvik.
    The Editors, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Korean Cinema’s Crisis Was the Headline Far from being whispered about in corridors, Korean cinema’s crisis was front and center throughout BIFF, with industry leaders using the platform to openly diagnose challenges and seek solutions.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025
  • For the next eight years, the PTC — a group that clearly had a social agenda — had the opportunity to whisper in the ears of commissioners from the FCC, a group that by both history and mandate clearly did not.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The audience sighed in relief and immediately got up to leave.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Andy sighed, shuddering between them.
    Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Curr.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curr. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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