hello
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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
"I felt she was reluctant to re-engage with me, and not even say hello," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
"The queen came to say hello to us -- and I was wearing this dirty thing," said Margarita.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Maduro, dressed in a beige prison uniform and wearing glasses, did not speak during his third US court appearance other than to say hello to the court as he entered.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
‘Well, hello there,’ he said, that lopsided grin of his making my insides flip over.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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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
The group greeted Reba with awkward hugs and stilted hellos.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2025
“At 15, it’s all hellos and later on there’s a lot more hard goodbyes,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
With my friends over, I notice how fluidly I move around my home, weaving through tables, greeting our foreign guests by name and even dropping some hellos in English or French or German.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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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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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
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
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
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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“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