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
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
“I’m the kind of person who, if I see a fly, I’ll kindly shoo it out the window.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2023
She grabbed for the nearest piece of cloth to shoo them away and her heart froze with terror as she connected her daughter's evening baths with the mustard plasters that rolled onto the floor.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Chewbacca shoos the Porgs away so he can eat in peace.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2024
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
They have won despite the security guard, one man against dozens, who has been on the job more than 20 years and sometimes shoos away the customers who pass out on the tables.
From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2015
Cry until my grandmother comes out shoos Coraandhersisters home holds me tight tells me they are lying.
From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson
The man disappeared around a corner as security guards shooed the lawyer back to another room.
From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2025
And when the popular French band, Phoenix, played a mini-concert late in the program, athletes got so excited they rushed the stage and had to be shooed away by the public address announcer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2024
After taking a few laps of the gore, it gets shooed away.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2024
Two officers arrived a short time later and shooed the owl away by shining a flashlight in its eyes, Aaron said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
“Need to cut ’em down,” Granddad grumbled, but Nana just shooed the words away with her hand.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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
The bears chomped on doughnut holes and other pastries, ignoring the banging on the side of the van that was aimed at shooing them away, Deano said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2023
Mr. Drew was not an animal lover and was shooing away a goat, who was nibbling on the side of his shirt.
From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene
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