as in to shout
to voice one's opinions freely with force
got in trouble for spouting off in class in a disrespectful way
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The shot sailed over the bar before England keeper Jordan Pickford shouted at his defenders, clearly displeased with the lack of resistance in their own half.
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Hundreds of people have gathered throughout the week to carry posters, shout slogans, and sing.
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That willingness to speak up became a defining aspect of Worthington’s legacy.
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The group says many renters are afraid to speak up about the conditions inside their homes.
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Residents of the peninsula are often reluctant to speak out publicly given the control Russia enforces on the ground.
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The Kansas City Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 99 spoke out against the shooting in a social media post after the Missouri State Highway Patrol released preliminary information about the incident.
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The Padres, the team that put up a meme of Clayton Kershaw crying on the video board.
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Grown men hugged one another, and at least one started crying.
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TVs are everywhere, showing races from tracks around the country, and bettors gather around the screens to learn the fate of their wagers, not infrequently yelling at them in the many languages and accents of Queens.
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Court filings state commissioners discussed allegations that Newton yelled at people and was not in the office during hours employees were expected to be present and available.
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In its press release, Samsung talks up the AI capabilities of these chips—how local on-device AI processing demands more data to improve model context.
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Players and coaches are going out of their way to talk up AOC.
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He was accused of hitting a man in the back of the head with a metal pipe inside the victim’s girlfriend’s home, then shoving the victim up against the wall and pushing the pipe up against his neck.
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Before Schiraldi could respond, a second rep piped up in Richards’s defense.
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The first thing the mayor sounded off was on some of Wemby's clothing choices.
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From there on the two teams looked to find ways to generate offense but the bats were not sounding off.
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“Spout (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spout%20%28off%29. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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