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Recent Examples of ooh
Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
It’s specially formulated with soothing ingredients like thermal water from the French Alps (ooh la la), glycerin, and manuka honey.
—L.a. Hubilla, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2025
When Yoda did come through the entrance with shelter volunteer Linda Miller, there were cheers and oohs and aahs at the sight of the bundle of energy.
—Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Back at the Chengdu panda base, Hua Hua, the 4-year-old celebrity panda, enjoyed her breakfast of bamboo shoots while the crowd oohed and aahed at her every move.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
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Interjection
One particularly dedicated fan — a young Taiwanese woman — visits every year or so, to ooh and ah at the new additions to the collection.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
It’s specially formulated with soothing ingredients like thermal water from the French Alps (ooh la la), glycerin, and manuka honey.
—L.a. Hubilla, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
Noun
Vance’s Best Friend, the Canadian Politician, Has No Comment
Her ooh’s and ahh’s draw Shipp over, gears already turning.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2025
When Yoda did come through the entrance with shelter volunteer Linda Miller, there were cheers and oohs and aahs at the sight of the bundle of energy.
—Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
The emotion inside the building was impossible to ignore, the crowd oohing and aahing at every crossover, gasping at every shot and desperately trying to will the ball into the basket each time a Laker launched it.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Back at the Chengdu panda base, Hua Hua, the 4-year-old celebrity panda, enjoyed her breakfast of bamboo shoots while the crowd oohed and aahed at her every move.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ooh
Verb
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As the Blazers pulled away in the third quarter, Kim and Vu were in sync, oohing and aahing when Shaedon Sharpe dunked or Donovan Clingan rejected shots.—
Jason Quick,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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By the same token, the stars assembled to deliver statuettes into the hands of their fellow stars were worth oohing and aahing over.—
Peter Tonguette,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Moments after grabbing Seattle midfielder Obed Vargas around the neck, footage shows Suárez shouting and then spitting in the direction of a Sounders staff member.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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There is a write-in ballot option to shout out your top pick of sandwich maker.—
Endia Fontanez,
AZCentral.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Interjection
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But, hey, that’s just almost a perfect combo of artists, Doja Cat and Kenny G.—
Shirley Halperin,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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There's also Cyborg, who, although a member of the Justice League, ends up working with the Titans because… hey, why not?—
Will Harris,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Ooh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ooh. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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