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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yodeled
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Marcel In the heat of the afternoon, the Fort Worth blues singer Marcel — as in Brandon Marcel, a close collaborator and backing singer for Leon Bridges — crooned his way through a half-hour set while Bridges swayed and applauded from the side of the stage.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
20 Mar. 2026 -
On a cool December evening as raindrops polka-dotted the pavement, longtime street performer Onunze Ubaka, 72, crooned Motown classics to a virtually empty corner off the usually busy Jackson Square in the French Quarter.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
12 Dec. 2025
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The tawny owl’s dark release of song quavered from the pine wood.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
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Serene spa music, a blend of classical piano and loudly chirping birds, trilled in the background as the machine sloshed and gurgled.—
Deborah Vankin,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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My mother trilled vapidly over these mundane facts.—
Madhuri Vijay,
New Yorker,
16 Nov. 2025
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Just outside the main entrance of Spectrum Center, as a saxophone blared and drums rumbled and fans hummed past each other with life, there stood Bradley Davis.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Apr. 2026
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The church hummed with energy as the gathering engaged in call-and-response heard just about any Sunday in Baptist churches.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2026
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Barges trolled the water looking for debris.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
13 Apr. 2026
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The theory spawned after the pair spent New Year's Eve together as part of promo and persisted when ABC executive Rob Mills and then-Bachelor host Chris Harrison trolled Bachelor Nation by neither confirming nor denying the rumor as the season aired.—
Sarah Hearon,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Yodeled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yodeled. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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