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
“There would be times where I’d holler at him out there like, ‘Hey!’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025
“They’ve got their own private banks out in the holler, buried under stones.”
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
One of the lesser-known tragedies is the story of Gary Stewart, a bar-prowling, hard-living singer from the hollers of eastern Kentucky.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
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
He opens his mouth to shut Logan up, when Logan suddenly hollers, “Gardyloo!” and slings the contents of the wastebasket across the front of the room.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
“You look great! I wish you could see yourselves—it’s like an ocean!” she hollered at the roughly half a million bodies in front of her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 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
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
Mamá hollered, placing my shirt in the box.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
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
TMZ posted video of Ja Rule hollering from the aisle as another man tries to calm him down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
At the end of the film, as homeless San Franciscans camp in a park and mourn their dead, a kid runs up hollering, “Fire’s out!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025
As soon as they got outside, they heard Grandma, standing at the edge of the cliff, hollering their names.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
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