spout (off)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spout (off)
Verb
  • Watch Goldberg shout for Haines to come down from The View tower in the video above.
    EW.com, EW.com, 8 Feb. 2025
  • As Robinson spoke, or tried to speak, Butler shouted from across the locker room to Robinson that Robinson didn’t have to talk, wasn’t required to do the interview.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • This pervading dogma has made young men scared to speak up, Nordean said.
    Will Carless, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Experts in workplace safety warn that increased fear among immigrants at risk of deportation could inhibit them from speaking up about health and safety threats on the job.
    Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Public support swelled; celebrities including Emma Thompson and Stephen Fry spoke out in favor of the group.
    Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2025
  • This is Boss Alexander and Rose’s first time speaking out about Holker’s memoir.
    Justin Curto, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • On March 20, 2006, Tanya cried at work and told Joe that her real name was Tanya Kach, not Nikki Allen and that Hose had been holding her captive.
    Jessica Sager, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Of those, 16 percent admitted weeping over someone eating their last slice, while 13 percent had cried over a pizza delivery order coming in wrong, and 12 percent had cried over their favorite pizza restaurant closing down.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 9 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • At one point, the situation escalated when the passenger began yelling loudly and incoherently.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Natalie then continued to yell at Josh as Florian escorted her away from the conversation.
    Abigail Adams, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • In a Spain at the Forefront showcase, 10 Spanish producers making up a Producers Program will talk up their companies and current projects.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
  • But Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce was canned in early January, and Lynn kept talking up USC’s progress and his roster, Ryan recalled.
    Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • By the numbers: Just 39% of Democrats approve of celebrities piping up on political issues — but only 11% of Republicans and 12% of independents (24% for the whole sample).
    Noah Bressner, Axios, 27 Dec. 2024
  • But then a little voice called financial reality piped up.
    Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Star reporter Lisa Gutierrez and Inquirer reporter Beatrice Forman sound off on the Eagles’ and Chiefs’ best pregame fits.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2025
  • President Donald Trump sounded off about the crash on Truth Social.
    Alex Nitzberg, Fox News, 30 Jan. 2025
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