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hooted

verb

past tense of hoot

as in shouted

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Heck, there was even a moment where Brooks shouted out the crew member who was switching out his guitars mid-set.

— Rashad Alexander November 7, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2026
Soon after, a warden shook Guardado and shouted his name, but got no response and a medic then pronounced him dead.

— KIM CHANDLER, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of shouted

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The crowd jeered and guffawed throughout the event and a heckler who stood up to yell at the stage was led out of the hall halfway through.

— John Aguilar, Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2026
Somewhere in the middle were Arsenal, who explored making an offer for Alvarez while the situation was reaching its most arresting peak, with the 26-year-old striker roundly jeered by his own supporters at Atletico’s ground.

— Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of jeered

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Beoga was there to support Macklemore on Monday, alongside surprise guests including Hozier and Kneecap and a passionate Irish crowd that hooted and hollered for the duration of the nearly four-hour event.

— Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026
Families climbed to their rooftops and hollered for rescuers.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of hollered

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Last year, retailer Target was ridiculed across social media for instituting a smiling policy.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Cruz has ridiculed Talarico’s past comments on Christianity and immigration, saying the would be more fitting for Berkeley, California, than Texas.

— Matthew Choi, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of ridiculed

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Temperatures in the area were in the mid-90s and winds howled with gusts of up to 35 mph, a less-than-ideal situation for firefighters.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
The killings had begun, and the few protesters still waiting in the cold rain howled, their worst nightmares finally made real.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of howled

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But their friendship died in 2021 after Dawson and his husband, Ryland Adams, denied knowing that Jeffree Star, a controversial beauty YouTuber, had allegedly body-shamed and insulted Paytas to her face during a Las Vegas trip together.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2026
The College Football Playoff selection committee has insulted them, their city has mostly ignored them, and few outside of the range of Bob Chesney’s wonderfully gravelly football voice has actually believed in them.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of insulted

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Before the Supreme Court issued its decision, Newsom derided the administration’s claim that its petition was an emergency and noted the three recent court decisions rejecting its request for an order setting aside the ballots.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Election law experts had broadly derided the DOJ's case as weak, in part because the Constitution grants states control over elections.

— Ashley Lopez, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026

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