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boo

[boo] / bu /


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“How you feel, boo? Are you crying?” she asks in the video.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 21, 2026

“An enchanted hideaway in a coveted location with inviting outdoor retreats and peek a boo views to Downtown Los Angeles create an idyllic setting,” the listing added.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

Perhaps the organizers thought the crowd wouldn’t dare boo during a patriotic hymn.

From Salon Jun. 11, 2026

"Whatever anybody's belief or approach is, you don't boo somebody else because they don't have the same approach."

From BBC May 28, 2026

I slap the tea tray down without saying boo or squat and left them women to fend for they ownselfs.

From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles

Blume’s introductory pleasantries about how much he valued communicating with the staff were greeted with boos.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

In farcical scenes, play was eventually abandoned at 18:30 in the best weather of the day to boos from the remaining spectators.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Alvarez started on the bench on Sunday but was jeered while warming up and there were even louder boos when he came on in the 66th minute.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

The boss of German carmaker Volkswagen warned workers on Tuesday to brace for more job losses, earning boos and jeers from the crowd, as the crisis-hit company faces a drastic round of cost-cutting.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

There were catcalls and boos as well as cheers.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

When incumbent Sen. Roger Marshall stepped to the microphone at last weekend’s Kansas State Fair debate, hundreds of those gathered booed, hissed and jeered.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 21, 2026

Some of those who remained booed, as they had done when their side fell behind 21 minutes from time.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

This time, they loudly booed the French prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, who was meeting privately with the mayor of Le Porge.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

He said his friend booed people as they cut past them.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

“Sorry!” said Flint as the crowd below booed.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

Littler suggested afterwards that, if the booing continues, he will not attend events held in the Netherlands.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2026

“Ted, you suck! Ted, you suck!” several hundred students chanted for nearly 10 minutes on Saturday morning, standing behind the Republican and booing as Davis attempted to conduct a one-on-one interview.

From Salon Sep. 15, 2026

"The booing and disappointment from Liverpool supporters is something I'm absolutely able to shoulder. I can understand it, in my own way," he said.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

It consists not only of college students booing AI and waddling seniors raging on Facebook against data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

“One to goose egg, sportsfans,” Bull shouted at his booing family.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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