hello
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He then took the opportunity to say hello to a few fellow actors in the room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Ebullient migrants on Thursday were walking through the streets of Ceuta, thanking the Spanish police and calling out: "Bye bye Morocco, hello Spain."
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
"Everybody gives me tips on my deliveries and says hello, greeting me with smiley faces," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Or perhaps someone already rostered — hello, 22-year-old, skyscraping Adou Thiero — is waiting to wow us all in that role?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Instantly, Carmen felt calmer as she breathed in the smell of hay and horses and heard the loud nicker of hello from Rosie.
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
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Reyes said a few elderly people at the home would occasionally sit outside and exchange brief hellos with her from time to time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
The government said it had increased the amount dentists get for NHS work and provided £20,000 golden hellos to get dentists to work in areas with the poorest access.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
Every interaction is artificially bright and friendly, except for the terse hellos exchanged by Liu's and Gosling's Kens, who are rivals.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2023
“At 15, it’s all hellos and later on there’s a lot more hard goodbyes,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
Fern and I mouthed and mimed hellos and goodbyes to each other, and he led her away.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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NBC performers did their bits from Hollywood, the Secretary of the Navy and the Under Secretary of War spoke from Washington, NBC's newsmen in London, Manhattan and Buenos Aires helloed and jested by short wave.
From Time Magazine Archive
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At the edge of town where the houses became scattered and the road started to drop away into a deep valley some one helloed behind him.
From Windy McPherson's Son by Sherwood Anderson
Say, was one a lady’s voice, sort of cool, yet kind, soft yet strong, gentle yet——” “No such riddle voice helloed you,” snapped the girl.
From Lonesome Town by Ethel Dorrance
And she helloed at the top of her voice.
From Neighbours by Robert J. C. Stead
Hare reined in at the door and helloed.
From Heritage of the Desert by Zane Grey
Illinois' Freshman Senator Chuck Percy was busily huddling and helloing.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Then one day, I’m helloing and next thing I know, I’m saying hello to Matt and Lance.
From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor
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“I’ve no patience for all that helloing and chitchat about diapers! The baby’s on his way and there’s no time to waste. Incorrigibles, come!”
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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"It's a shame to spoil it," replied David, "but I am afraid your Elf's Horn and Jean's helloing were just a coincidence."
From Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School Or, Fast Friends in the Sororities by Jessie Graham [pseud.] Flower
After helloing for her without result, he climbed to the road.
From The Valley of the Moon by Jack London