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as in shrieking
to cry out loudly and emotionally
yelped with surprise when everything fell off the closet shelf and onto his head
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Adjective
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Instead of having the nerve to just say it, BSU put out vague, whiny press releases, apparently trying to minimize outrage on both sides.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Jan. 2025 -
Democrats, who tend to be whiny mopes, have never been more energized.—
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airmail.news,
17 Aug. 2024
Verb
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Three were arrested, including — and here’s perhaps the wildest part — an unrelated man who showed up armed at the scene hours later, after a relative told him about the shooting, surrendered his firearms to police and began yelling at them.—
Joanna Allhands,
The Arizona Republic,
26 Dec. 2024
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Everybody was yelling his name.—
Bruce Feldman,
The Athletic,
26 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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These strident, provocative, eccentric, determined women can no longer justly be left out of any narrative of this movement.—
Francesca Wade,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Arguments from the industry have been strident, emphasizing that this would likely work the opposite way, and defeat the very goal that the government was aspiring towards.—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The Wall, though, will be delightfully old school in a cap tip to the court-hugging, earsplitting, rowdy venues of college basketball’s glory days.—
Bryce MillerColumnist,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2023
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In Soledar, an old salt mining town, earsplitting explosions crack in every direction.—
Jeffrey Gettleman,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2022
Adjective
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One spring day in Paris many years ago, my wife, Diana, a most penetrating photographer, capable of seeing like no one else, decided, as an experiment, to walk across the city blindfolded.—
Hisham Matar,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Aug. 2024
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Since the war began in Gaza, more than six months ago, the Israeli magazine +972 has published some of the most penetrating reporting on the Israel Defense Forces’ conduct.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2024
Adjective
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Notable – Kevon Looney fractured his right nasal bone and will play with a translucent face mask against the Suns. – Quinten Post is starting his second straight game, as the Warriors run back the same starting five as Wednesday night.—
Danny Emerman,
The Mercury News,
2 Feb. 2025
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His top recommendations for the lungs is Mullein Leaf Extract, an herbal remedy for thinning mucous secretions and assisting with respiratory symptoms, which can be used along with a nasal decongestant like Xlear.—
Jessica Ourisman,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Only Jean-Baptiste could make such a screed so funny, so piercing and so devastating.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
10 Jan. 2025
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The two-story space offers a piercing and welding studio, as well as free engravings.—
Violet Goldstone,
WWD,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Yelping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yelping. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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