variants
or hallooing
as in shouting
to speak so as to be heard at a distance
far into the night searchers could be heard holloing for the lost child
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Then, a man stood up and started shouting at Harris.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025 -
His clips are pretty rudimentary tributes to guys like Thomas Sankara, the former Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, shouting them out with highlight reels and songs by 100 gecs and Jersey club collective TwerkNation28.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
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The team claims Oakley was yelling continuously at Dolan, but Oakley has denied that and said he was asked to leave the arena shortly after taking his seat at the game for no reason.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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His tone was sharp, almost yelling.—
Heather Hunter,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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There’s screaming, crying and even a little slapping.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Apparently, Brisker talked to much trash to Jefferson during a game back in 2022 that the star pass-catcher started crying.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Even calling it a magazine is a conscious way of trying to distinguish the work producers are putting months and months of effort into recording and writing from what podcasting has become.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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The negative reviews — some going as far as calling All’s Fair the worst show ever with the worst acting — triggered a new media cycle of stories.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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Agents appear to fight off a screaming crowd trying to help the man by pushing them away and threatening them with pepper spray.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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There’s nothing like stepping onto the ice with thousands of screaming school children on top of you after an early-morning bus ride to play in an early-morning game to remind you’re in the AHL rather than the NHL.—
Scott Powers,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Holloing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holloing. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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