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
While Spanish police in Ceuta appeared to do little to intervene, some jubilant migrants walked through its streets, calling out: "Bye bye Morocco, hello Spain."
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
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From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
They’re slow because he has to say hello to every dog and person along the way — especially babies, who are his absolute favorite.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
She’d smile and wave and say hello, but this was a guard I’d never seen before.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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In the moments before class, we unloaded our gym bags and shoes into separate lockers outside of the yoga room while exchanging hellos that I expected to be awkward but somehow felt easy and unforced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 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
For weeks after, he said nothing to me, except the gruff hellos which were given without ever looking in my direction.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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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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None of them helloed, and none of them returned my smile, and the colonel did not shake hands with me.
From How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion or, The Funny Experiences of a Raw Recruit - 1887 by George W. (George Wilbur) Peck
The bugler changed his notes and we knew he was wondering if we were coming, so Mr. Stewart helloed.
From Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinore Pruitt Stewart
Hare reined in at the door and helloed.
From Heritage of the Desert by Zane Grey
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
Illinois' Freshman Senator Chuck Percy was busily huddling and helloing.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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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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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"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