holler
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"But the kid inside of you wants to break out and just hoot and holler."
From Barron's ● Apr. 4, 2026
The glorious holler of the V12—equivalent to six Italian superbikes—would make a statue of Enzo Ferrari cry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
High school, college, med school, it’s all the same: You dress up, get there early, sweat in the sunshine, and holler like hell when the grad’s name gets called.
From Slate ● May 27, 2025
The women whistle and holler at the sheep, goats and yaks to stop them straying from the narrow paths and falling down the mountainside.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2023
Across the holler, Z was in his own cabin, holding a lantern in the middle of the main room.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
“Palms up, invite those bids,” he hollers to everyone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025
The audience in Dallas — the city where the comedian began her stand-up career and later set her self-titled network sitcom — hoots and hollers in response.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2025
But us football fans must recognize that not everyone hoots and hollers for the conversion on a long third down or a legendary pick six.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2025
There were heartening hollers, dramatic dashes when chances were created and applause for the application of her players throughout.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2025
“I don’t want to!” he hollers, but I know it’s not me he’s mad at.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
“I’m going to watch,” he hollered that day, “just like all of you.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026
Eight men sliding 16 stones down an ice sheet to the soundtrack of clunking granite, furious sweeping and hollered commands of "hard" and "curl".
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2026
Cronin went on to tell Dent that if he hollered at him about defense in practice, he would be doing his job to help him play in the NBA.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2025
The man, Marshall Wilson, 46, then hollered at Reichert, according to a memo from the Yellowstone County prosecutor’s office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
As soon as their names were announced, Wynn and I whooped and hollered and waved our signs high.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
Last year, “The Minecraft Movie” had children hollering in theaters but few stakes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Fans dressed in approximations of her floaty ballgowns and 1920s flapper dresses, hollering lyrics like mantras.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
“We’re hopping and hollering in our living rooms,” Michael said, “but it’s nothing like being in person.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
The script works in as many callbacks as possible: spooky mannequins under plastic sheeting, tacky parade floats with giant fiberglass clams, Hewitt hollering her memorable line: “What are you waiting for?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2025
“No, it didn’t mean me harm. I—we—were running around so much, hollering and everything. I wasn’t paying attention.”
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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