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hooted

verb

past tense of hoot

as in shouted

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The accuser recalled banging on the locked toilet door to escape and says a man outside may have shouted to ask if everything was okay.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026
Children shouted, amped up on sugar and adrenaline, while orange leaves crunched under their feet.

— Isa Mudannayake, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of shouted

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The crowd jeered and guffawed throughout the event and a heckler who stood up to yell at the stage was led out of the hall halfway through.

— John Aguilar, Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2026
Somewhere in the middle were Arsenal, who explored making an offer for Alvarez while the situation was reaching its most arresting peak, with the 26-year-old striker roundly jeered by his own supporters at Atletico’s ground.

— Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of jeered

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Cruz has ridiculed Talarico’s past comments on Christianity and immigration, saying the would be more fitting for Berkeley, California, than Texas.

— Matthew Choi, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026
Reportedly, William is willing to speak to Harry because things have reached a point where they’re being ridiculed for the standoff.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 12 Oct. 2026

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Temperatures in the area were in the mid-90s and winds howled with gusts of up to 35 mph, a less-than-ideal situation for firefighters.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
The killings had begun, and the few protesters still waiting in the cold rain howled, their worst nightmares finally made real.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

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And in Turkey, a court blocked posts by Grok, the chatbot built into the social platform X, that allegedly insulted President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, founding father Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and religious values.

— Jordi Calvet-Bademunt, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
Morgan is insulted, and the scene takes a turn for the cliché.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of insulted

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Although some Republicans have derided the state Supreme Court as being a bastion of liberal activists, five of the Supreme Court’s seven judges were appointed by Republican governors.

— Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 15 Oct. 2026
The White House has consistently derided Bonta’s litigation against the administration as baseless and misguided.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

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