as in oh
old-fashioned + literary used to call attention to something or to show wonder or surprise Lo, the king approaches! the adventures we have shared for lo these many years

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Recent Examples of lo Remember lo those many weeks ago when the ground wasn't covered in snow? Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 And lo, like a rain cloud over a parched valley, here comes Amazon boss Andy Jassy to shower us with fresh fear and dread. Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 18 June 2025 No me lo van a creer pero nos chocaron el yate mientras estábamos en Nápoles. Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2024 Now a court action could resolve the question that’s been hanging over the complex for lo these many years: Can, and should, Seaside be saved? Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 29 July 2024 Flash forward a decade and lo, Abby has found herself on a zeitgeisty FX show called The Bear. Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 3 Feb. 2024 These four moons are Jupiter’s largest satellites — lo, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto — also known as Galilean Moons, according to National Geographic. Brittany Kasko, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2024 God narrates the film, starring Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson, which was born in the basement show spaces of UCB lo these many years ago. Vulture, 20 Sep. 2023 As the good folk in the land of the sacrament have said for lo these many years: light the freakin’ beam. Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2023
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Interjection
  • The rules changed completely four years ago, and hey, look at that, Alabama and Georgia are gettable.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • But hey, whiskey nerds are gonna whiskey nerd and whiskey sellers are gonna gouge.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2025
Interjection
  • Dak Prescott carried this team This offense has had to play at an elite level to get a win and a tie this season with a supporting defense that, well, doesn’t support.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The Tigers have Tarik Skubal, and uh … well, other teams have figured it out, right?
    Levi Weaver, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Lo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lo. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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