bell

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Verb
  • Also, shout out to Roan's left thumbnail, which is currently swathed in a Band-Aid.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Green shouted that the president did not have a mandate to cut Medicaid.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • High winds buffeted the Atlantic Coast on Monday from Florida to Maine but the gusts into the 60s may have seemed like a gentle breeze compared to the howling winds at the Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
  • For now, the sun is down and the monkeys are howling.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Cars clogged the road on Tuesday, all headed away from Pacific Palisades except for the emergency vehicles that wailed their way toward the blaze.
    Jacey Fortin, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The journalists wrote in their book that Gibson showed up to Ainscough’s funeral uninvited and made a scene with over-the-top crying and wailing, per Women's Weekly.
    Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Captured in a shocking video obtained by KPNX, a woman could be seen completely undressed, pacing the aisle and belligerently yelling before takeoff.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Police yelled at him to stay back, eventually handcuffing the 17-year NFL veteran before releasing him with a citation for an expired license plate.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Speaking of Armageddon, the scene at the end when Ben Affleck says goodby to Bruce Willis has developed a reputation online for making grown men cry.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The filing describes heaving-like breathing and crying throughout the call.
    Lauren del Valle, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Over the next couple hours, the cranes slowly pealed off from the roosting flock and headed out to feed.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 25 Mar. 2024
  • What other unique design features are a part of the new St. Charles? Another feature of the church people can enjoy, Cattani said, are four large bells in the church's bell tower that peal throughout the day as well as for weddings and funerals.
    Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2024
Verb
  • Pregnant women are given boosters for Tdap at around 27 to 36 weeks to protect their babies from whooping cough until the infants can get their own shot at two months.
    Melissa Dahl, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2025
  • The reason whooping cough can bring on such a gnarly, well, cough in the first place is because of how B. pertussis wreaks havoc: These bugs latch on to the cilia (a.k.a. tiny hairlike protrusions) on cells in your respiratory tract and ooze toxins, triggering inflammation and swelling.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 13 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • To a mélange of Peggy Lee and Shirley Bassey tunes, Karina Precious shook her tailfeathers, quite literally, and dropped into a jazz split as nightlife legend Dianne Brill and DJ duo The Muses hooped and hollered in their booth.
    Freya Drohan, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2025
  • While the health-secretary nominee testified, his fans in the audience hooted and hollered in support.
    Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2025
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“Bell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bell. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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