holler
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"The truth is, she supports everybody," said Phillips, who grew up in the North Carolina mountains "across the holler" from Parton's Appalachian Tennessee.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
"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 day the Mary Rose went under he’s planting a bed of flowers by his back porch, the one that faces the creek, and don’t see me till I holler.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
“Palms up, invite those bids,” he hollers to everyone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 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
Above, I see granite cliffs and hear the hollers of unseen climbers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2025
“Come in,” he hollers, expecting it to be Sonia in her pajamas, asking if she can borrow his Magic 8 Ball or his Rubik’s Cube.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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
He hollered, “Where’s Creighton?” and, moments later, shook hands with lead prosecutor Creighton Waters as he entered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had hollered a similar message in a warmup speech to the senior officers.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2025
“If I had a dollar for every time someone hollered ‘Extra Extra’ to me in the airport or something, I’d buy Warner Bros.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2025
I hollered, making a bunch of kids turn in their seats and stare at me.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
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
Because December 2006's goal of the month contest was powerful stuff; a 100%-proof cocktail of hollering commentators and screaming shots as semtex insteps hit the ball with gleeful abandon.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2024
The crowd roared and Stutzman jumped from his chair, hollering and kicking his feet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2024
Then, taking a deep breath, letting the air swell her chest, she belted out, “Sweet pea, sweet pea, sweeeeeeet pea!” as if “sweet pea” was somebody far away she was hollering at.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
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