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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tu-whit tu-whoo
Noun
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This not-quite-title song, which is nearly eight minutes long, is a sort of mini-suite, opening with a dog barking, giving way to an acoustic-guitar melody accompanying polyphonic vocals, then becoming electric and crashingly alive, until the relentless screech of a guitar drags you to the end.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
18 Dec. 2025 -
As the band blares, Georgia fans bark for the Dawgs and Alabama faithful screech Roll Tide.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
9 Dec. 2025
Noun
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If the bark has fallen off or the twigs snap cleanly under light pressure, the branch is probably dead.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Jan. 2026
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It is made from the inner bark of a tree.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Across the canyon, flames leapt up the Paseo Miramar trail, still two miles away as the crow flies, but already too close to ignore.—
Jonathan Taplin,
Rolling Stone,
7 Jan. 2026
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While the studio, streaming service HBO Max and affiliated cable channel HBO are broadly considered the jewels in the WBD crow, the TV networks have been dubbed – perhaps unfairly – ‘CrapCo’ in some circles.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
18 Dec. 2025
Noun
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This includes meows, purrs and chirps—averaging about 4.3 meows in the first 100 seconds of greeting, compared to 1.8 for women.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Dec. 2025
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After hearing desperate meows echoing from the drain, a 7-Eleven employee contacted PETA for help.—
Ronnie Li,
USA Today,
14 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Only the chirp of insects and the distant hum of a generator.—
David Culver,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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Rodrigues and his teammates started the chirps on the bench.—
Fluto Shinzawa,
New York Times,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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An onboard synthesizer manipulates a small set of core sounds to mimic everything from the roar of a jet plane to the flushing of a toilet through a little speaker in the Brick.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Jan. 2026
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The people want to see Varang’s fierce roars!—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
3 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But let’s circle back to TV‘s patron saint of affable, oft–insidious quacks.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
16 Dec. 2025
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Automatic ducking doesn't add quacks to your soundtrack.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
15 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Sophi of course squeals, which puts the pink-haired frontwoman on the outs with mostly everyone.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
24 Sep. 2025
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Instead of chocolate or a throwaway trinket, this calendar delivers 25 days of genuine squeal-worthy surprises.—
Katie Ann Lehman,
StyleCaster,
9 Sep. 2025
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