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
It’s hello, goodbye, good luck, Godspeed, please stop blocking my path, you got this.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
"Everybody gives me tips on my deliveries and says hello, greeting me with smiley faces," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
"The queen came to say hello to us -- and I was wearing this dirty thing," said Margarita.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
The hello was all stretched out and sounded like “hey-low.”
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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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
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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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
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 vain that the cabman nearest to her helloed to warn her of the impending danger.
From Bad Hugh by Mary Jane Holmes
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
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