as in shouted
to voice one's opinions freely with force
got in trouble for spouting off in class in a disrespectful way
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Perry shouted into her microphone.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025 -
Johnson shouted as the players echoed his words, urging him to repeat them.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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Henrikson spoke up at several board meetings and gave interviews to multiple news outlets as the story about Rupert gained regional and national attention.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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This is not the first time Tatum spoke up about Hollywood’s troubles.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
5 Oct. 2025
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Republican Senators Rand Paul and Ted Cruz piped up in defense of Kimmel’s right to free speech without governmental interference.—
Sarah Stankorb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Following the latest loss, Garrett spoke out with clear frustration about the team's losing ways.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Unusually, around 10 US bishops even spoke out publicly against the award.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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In chatty columns for the school paper, the Bowdoin Orient, Mamdani regularly sounded off on the topics of the day.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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Earlier in the year, Kennedy’s nephew Jack Schlossberg sounded off on social media that the family had not been consulted about the project.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
7 Oct. 2025
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While naysayers may argue Dalio is the boy who cried wolf, his caution has paid off in the past.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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Devastated by the experience, Jules cried and found comfort in Winston Ndugu (Anthony Hill) before running off.—
Stephanie Wenger,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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Execs talked up both at an event in New York Thursday where CEO Chris Winfrey hosted Jimmy Pitaro, chairman of ESPN and Kristin Dolan, CEO of AMC Networks for a chat on the video landscape.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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In the internal memo this week, Huang said Nvidia would continue to sponsor H-1B visa employees and talked up his support for immigrant workers.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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The former assistant claimed that in January, Smith yelled at him after Gables answered a phone call from his own daughter.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
13 Oct. 2025
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One Auburn fan leaned over the railing, waved his middle finger and yelled.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Spouted (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spouted%20%28off%29. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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