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as in whisper
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as in chirp
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Recent Examples of coo
Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 24 July 2024
At dawn, cooing doves and trilling Eurasian blackbirds woke me.
—Nina Burleigh, New York Times, 21 May 2024
The footage showed Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank's eldest son snuggled up in a Three Lions onesie, and cooing when Eugenie touched his stomach.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 11 July 2024
In the clip, Hilton cooed at the infant, who was lying on a bed wearing a colorful playsuit.
—Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 9 July 2024
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Verb
One witness said the otter cooed and whined at first, making observers feel bad.
—Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 24 July 2024
At dawn, cooing doves and trilling Eurasian blackbirds woke me.
—Nina Burleigh, New York Times, 21 May 2024
The footage showed Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank's eldest son snuggled up in a Three Lions onesie, and cooing when Eugenie touched his stomach.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 11 July 2024
In the clip, Hilton cooed at the infant, who was lying on a bed wearing a colorful playsuit.
—Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 9 July 2024
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Wednesday’s report comes after earlier data showed the economy added a whopping 254,000 jobs in September, inflation is a whisper away from the Federal Reserve’s 2% target and consumer confidence jumped this month by the fastest clip since March of 2021 — all signs of a robust economy.Alexandra Banner, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
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There was also a missed opportunity during the Tribal whispers portion of the evening.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
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Set an alert on your phone. Change batteries as needed: The occasional chirp coming from your smoke detector is more than an annoying sound.Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2024
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Coming off the clutch in between shifts lets out a nice chirp from the rear tires, and while the flat-four may sound a bit gravelly at idle, its tone turns to a fierce, baritone bark from the midrange until its 7,000 RPM redline.Peter Nelson, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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But few of the directors who would join V/H/S over the years that followed introduced a more memorable creature — a birdlike demon who oscillates from purring affection to ravenous rage — or so skillfully tracked the running bodies captured by a running camera.A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
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Preserving its rainforest is a priority, which keeps its economy purring along with global commerce.Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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Cindi Hodgman, 56, of Royal Oak, is a personal trainer and Pilates instructor, took a long sigh before answering who was her presidential pick.Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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Alphabet's strong third quarter triggered a sigh of relief among investors who remain just as focused on the company's core products as its ballooning AI investments.Hope King, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
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Many still hunters use a step-step-pause cadence to mimic a deer waking or will cluck on a turkey call occasionally while scratching the leaves with a boot.Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 13 Mar. 2024
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Hypnotists hush our brains’ analytic tendencies: Shhhh, stop worrying about your tax return and cluck like a chicken.Emily Latimer, Longreads, 25 Jan. 2024
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Instead, the show feels like someone took a pin to that inflatable couch — air is constantly hissing out of it.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
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In the original script, there was more of Frodo hissing and arching his back.James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 June 2024
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Flocks of sparrows and parrots chirp and squawk in the palms overhead.Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 9 June 2024
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Once presented with a bird on the other side of the call, the parrots would hop towards the screen, let out loud squawks, and bob their heads.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 2 May 2024
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Baraka took the stage, in a pink shirt and white sneakers, and delivered an address that kept the room murmuring and chuckling for more than an hour.Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
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My Method Actor scatters luminous beads of sound design into a writhing body of hooks and vocal lines—sometimes murmured, others chanted, all interspersed with that trademark Yanya flourish that sounds like a sigh rising to a yelp.Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 13 Sep. 2024
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“Coo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coo. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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