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
Most people are inclined to shoo flies away from food, and the thought of maggots in your bins is enough to make anyone's stomach turn.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2025
The grave became a place of veneration, then a site of controversy in the early 2000s when Little Round Top’s owner began to shoo away the curious.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2025
Mr. Turner stepped from behind the lectern and nodded to our teachers, who stood up and began to shoo us out of the auditorium.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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
The softly spoken Cash, the chief clinical officer, has been sitting quietly in the corner of the cabin, and now she shoos the group off to complete chores before lunch.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 16, 2017
He shoos away reporters’ questions on the politics of all of this.
From Time ● Jan. 8, 2016
Nyla shoos Voxy off, and he slumps his shoulders, skulking away.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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
The man disappeared around a corner as security guards shooed the lawyer back to another room.
From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2025
After taking a few laps of the gore, it gets shooed away.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2024
And according to his attorneys, he had simply shooed away a would-be thief prowling around his broken-down car, then gone back inside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
Brigit gazed around and shooed one of Siobhan's pesky pixies from her bathroom before tiptoeing over to Ella's bedside.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
For over a month, the large, antlered visitor to Goodman Mountain has resisted all attempts at shooing him away or relocating him.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2025
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
"Has nobody been on the shooing course. I cannot believe you closed the entire Elizabeth line for a swan on the tracks," they added.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2023
“Well, all right,” he says, shooing me off with his words when someone else walks in.
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
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