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hello

[he-loh, huh-, hel-oh] / hɛˈloʊ, hə-, ˈhɛl oʊ /


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It’s hello, goodbye, good luck, Godspeed, please stop blocking my path, you got this.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 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

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

Goodbye Nike NKE -2.89%decrease; down pointing triangle Air Jordans, hello Asics’s 7936 -1.42%decrease; down pointing triangle chunky dad sneakers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

“Hello hello hello,” Count Olaf said in a wheezy whisper.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket

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

It’s a lively university town with breweries everywhere, bikes zipping past on nearly every street, and the kind of easy smiles and hellos that make Midwest nice feel real.

From Salon Mar. 31, 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

“At 15, it’s all hellos and later on there’s a lot more hard goodbyes,” he said.

From Seattle Times Jul. 7, 2023

Befores and afters, dos and don’ts, Farewells and hellos and good-byes.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

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

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

With a precipitous nudge of the memory she dashed to the door and helloed to the fast retreating figure.

From Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

It was in quoting prices on these "pick-ups" that Mitchell helloed for eight hours a day.

From Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories by Rex Ellingwood Beach

It was in vain that the cabman nearest to her helloed to warn her of the impending danger.

From Bad Hugh by Mary Jane Holmes

Illinois' Freshman Senator Chuck Percy was busily huddling and helloing.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

“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

After helloing for her without result, he climbed to the road.

From The Valley of the Moon by Jack London

"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




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