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ululated

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past tense of ululate

as in howled

to make a long loud mournful sound Arab women ululating with grief

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Our arrival in the Madawaska River country of eastern Ontario, near Combermere, was noteworthy only for the snow flurries and marrow-chilling gales that howled down from Hudson Bay to greet us.

— HARRY H. EDEL, Outdoor Life, 19 Aug. 2026
Instead, after Germany invaded the USSR, Stalin turned on a dime and howled—correctly—that Germany was preparing to wipe the Russians out.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026

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