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Recent Examples of yodel
Musgraves grew up in tiny Golden, Texas, and started singing (and yodeling) as a precocious kid in an oversize cowgirl hat.
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Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
And 16-year-old Ruby Leigh nearly did give McEntire a win in her first season as coach but the yodeling sensation was ultimately just edged out for the title by Virginia native and team Niall singer, Huntley.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2023
The youngster has mastered the art of yodeling, a talent that earned her a four-chair turn.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 28 Nov. 2023
Sadie: Every morning at 6 a.m., a bird yodeled outside my window at Rancho de la Luna.
—Daniel Kohn, Spin, 1 Sep. 2023
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Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
And 16-year-old Ruby Leigh nearly did give McEntire a win in her first season as coach but the yodeling sensation was ultimately just edged out for the title by Virginia native and team Niall singer, Huntley.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2023
The youngster has mastered the art of yodeling, a talent that earned her a four-chair turn.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 28 Nov. 2023
Sadie: Every morning at 6 a.m., a bird yodeled outside my window at Rancho de la Luna.
—Daniel Kohn, Spin, 1 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yodel
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The whole montage was respectful and gracious, with a classical score, rather than a pop chipmunk warbling a sensitive ballad about dead people.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
3 Mar. 2025
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Peggy Seeger’s 1957 recording of it is a brisk, warbling take with arpeggiated acoustic guitar — a classic example of the kind of carefree-songbird tunes from the early folk revival.—
Ben Sisario,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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The commercial encouraged those in attendance at the stadium to croon along to the familiar tune, which most people likely knew.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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In college, Cedric was in singing groups, crooning harmonies with others.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2025
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There’s absolutely no reason constraints ought to hum.—
Emma Alpern,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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Joe Raedle/Getty Images For more than a century, the U.S. and Canada have sold each other electricity through power lines that criss-cross the border, an arrangement that has historically hummed along thanks to the warm relationship between the two countries.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
12 Mar. 2025
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The world’s second-largest economy continues to face a range of challenges, from job insecurity among the younger generation to sharp downturns in the property sector, once a cornerstone of the country’s economic growth.—
Hassan Tayir,
CNN,
5 Feb. 2025
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The former president's endorsement process has evolved from haphazard to sharp and effective, rendering all other endorsements all but obsolete.—
Kaleigh Rogers,
ABC News,
13 Sep. 2024
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Her soft-focus voice floats over trilling mandolin picking and reserved fiddle.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
10 Mar. 2025
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Sardi’s, so synonymous with that time on Broadway, is bathed in a golden glow, the piano trilling through its empty space.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
18 Feb. 2025
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The coverage was no doubt upsetting in part at least because articles came thick and fast at a time when Meghan was also being trolled on social media.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
16 Mar. 2025
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Besides being used to troll Drake on national stages from Super Bowl LIX to the 2025 Oscars, the chart-topping track earned the Compton rapper multiple Grammy awards including Record of the Year and Song of the Year.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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And since Joan herself, with that quavering soprano, is a fierce customer, famous in her own right, she’s done with being treated like Dylan’s accessory.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
10 Dec. 2024
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The reflections of the icebergs quavered in the water, which was blue to the edge of purple.—
Elizabeth Kolbert,
The New Yorker,
7 Oct. 2024
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“Yodel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yodel. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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