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ululates

present tense third-person singular of ululate
as in howls
to make a long loud mournful sound Arab women ululating with grief

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  • Held in May of last year, the dinner saw walkouts and howls of dissent as Ari Emanuel tore into Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over what the super-agent saw as an overkill response to the October 7 attacks.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Wind howls as one of the daughters' body rocks on a gurney, her family lighting candles as a rabbi screams scripture with water crashing in a nearby tub.
    Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
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  • Left to die, breathless and alone, Invisigal chokes while Robert screams from the other end of the comms.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
  • That stretch screams points, and the wise move might be to start planning your route to Salah.
    Abdul Rehman, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Ululates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ululates. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.

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