shoo
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Numerous attempts to shoo them away, including Sampras batting his racquet at them, failed, and the match had to be suspended.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
He notes that security guards will often shoo you off if you use a tripod without advance approval, so it’s best to bring a handheld camera instead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
Harbor staff try to ease them along to the 42 floats built to accommodate the creatures and they use big wooden panels, called herding boards, to gently shoo them away from the boat docks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
Not that they''re a shoo in- there's a lot of resentment against Mr Sharif and his party, who are blamed for Pakistan's economic misery.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2024
The teachers start trying to shoo everyone to their buses and waiting parents, but they’re all checking their phones, wanting to read the words for themselves.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
Chewbacca shoos the Porgs away so he can eat in peace.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2024
She shoos the thoughts away, like mosquitoes at dusk.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2021
The guard occasionally shoos patrons away because it's a restricted area.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 8, 2019
Before she shoos the reporter out, she says: “I will only speak when my son is here. My son is more important to me than money. The media are making a mockery of my life.”
From The Guardian ● Feb. 24, 2017
The waitress comes over to take our order, but Detective Stevens shoos her away.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
He never shooed them away from his canvases, they say, and they grew up hearing him speak about art for hours during museum visits and at art fairs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
I was shooed away by uniformed Secret Service agents.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
He’d force himself into the kitchen, cooking orders before he was shooed away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
The man disappeared around a corner as security guards shooed the lawyer back to another room.
From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2025
People muttered and pointed; the dogs went wild until men shooed them away.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Bernie Sanders replied incredulously, when I approached him outside a Senate elevator, before shooing me away.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
It's a bit too early for a drink, though, so Sir Rod orders up a venti coffee, shooing away an over-eager assistant who attempts to stir in his sugar.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2025
He shouted out his words, not at all the joyful warrior of Harris-Walz fashion, but more like a cranky old man shooing kids off his lawn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2024
Generally, the person who invited you to the party is responsible for connecting unfamiliar folks, but sometimes your host is uncorking bottles and shooing away mynah birds.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2023
When I made no signs of leaving he flicked his fingers as if shooing away a bug.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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