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yell

[yel] / jɛl /




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And it was some of these very same fans that used to stand outside Paul’s house in London and yell insults as Linda emerged to do the shopping.

From Salon Jun. 23, 2026

What if we weren’t destined to tear each other limb from limb, to yell instead of speaking, or dig our backpacks into each other’s bodies on the train?

From Salon Jun. 13, 2026

Chris Butler, Aaron Nee, Adam Nee and Dave Callaham have written a heavy-handed script in which, when Castle Grayskull comes under attack, Idris Elba’s soldier is forced to yell, “We’re under attack!”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2026

“I’ve heard Coach Willis yell, ‘Kendall stop hanging on the rim!’ several times,” Dillard said.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 30, 2026

I yell to anyone who might be in earshot.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

“Class of 1975,” yells someone from the crowd.

From Slate Jun. 24, 2026

“The Knicks just won a championship, we were so happy,” she yells out, petting her dog.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

A few hours later, at a nightclub, Law laughs as a silver Jack Frost with a bullhorn yells to the clubbers to “Dance for Santa! Dance for Santa!”

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 11, 2025

She often lies, and either smiles or yells at the press as she does so.

From Salon Oct. 24, 2025

“Let’s go,” Dad yells to me when he gets out of the car.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

Metres away, other photographers yelled instructions to ornately dressed young women who held their fingers in victory signs and arched their backs for the camera.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

The private saw a woman on the ground hyperventilating and holding a baby as her husband yelled for help.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

Also speaking to the BBC in 2021, she said: "I yelled to bring her back, but the nurse then just walked past me and put my daughter on a table out of my reach."

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

Valdez recalls, “A few people stopped and yelled, ‘Don’t take Pinky!’”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

It hit me in the belly and dropped down to the ground, and Tina yelled, “You’re out!” and I went and sat at the side of the lot until that game was over.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

“For Warsh, yelling about it but not hiking because inflation is coming down is the best of all worlds,” said Guy LeBas, chief fixed-income strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

“I think reaching people through comedy is a lot easier than screaming and yelling at them.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Some inside the room compared it to “two boys at recess yelling at each other over a foul on the basketball court.”

From Salon Jun. 26, 2026

“Everyone around us was just going back and forth, trying to get a hold of something, or someone. Children yelling and screaming,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

Every cell in my brain was yelling this at me.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell




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