boo
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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
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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
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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
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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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