holler
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"But the kid inside of you wants to break out and just hoot and holler."
From Barron's ● Apr. 4, 2026
During Idioteque, guitarist Ed O'Brien catches him mid-transit, and they holler the lyrics directly to one another.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025
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
That old couple who lived up in the holler, what did they need so much money for?
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
Field hollers, blues, ballads, spirituals, game songs, cowboy songs: these are among folk music’s many familiar forms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The audience in Dallas — the city where the comedian began her stand-up career and later set her self-titled network sitcom — hoots and hollers in response.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 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
One person hollers out, “It’s all right, Maverick.”
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
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
The man, Marshall Wilson, 46, then hollered at Reichert, according to a memo from the Yellowstone County prosecutor’s office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
“They said the Dodgers are ruining baseball,” Roberts hollered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2025
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had hollered a similar message in a warmup speech to the senior officers.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2025
Annabelle kicked and hollered, “Stay away from me, you brutes!”
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
Holford added that he saw passengers and crew members "hollering" and "crying" as they tried to get off the ship while it was sinking.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
We’re hooting and hollering because Texas is now represented in the Senate by a guy who sounds like Mr. Burns when he gets too many medical treatments and keeps offering everyone his love.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
Last year, “The Minecraft Movie” had children hollering in theaters but few stakes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
They finished the set with that song, naturally, assisted by Red Arrows flypast; and Sunday night headliner Olivia Rodrigo hollering the lyrics from her boyfriend's shoulders.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2025
I hop down from the chair and brace myself for a whole lot of hollering, but instead Ma quietly asks, “Where are the marshmallows?”
From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott
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