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as in torpedo
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as in hooray
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as in to applaud
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bravo
Noun
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Now, the only way to convince a U-boat commander to surface was to deliberately take a torpedo strike and play dead.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Feb. 2025 -
There is some fighting, though nearly all of it involves punching instead of phasers or photon torpedoes.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
28 Jan. 2025
Verb
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This is the other cost-cutting tip – there were only two – that consumers applauded, on balance, in the Wells Fargo survey.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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Pritzker applauded Illinois student test scores in reading and math.—
Willie Wilson,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The mysterious third murderer involved in the killing of Banquo (Michael Boatman) is revealed here to be one of the Weird Sisters.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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Can Greg, a murderer by proxy whose past likely holds other dark secrets, escape what the recording Sarah Catherine Hook’s Piper listens to, also in the premiere, describes as the prison of identity?—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The boat moves and creaks, the sails flutter in the wind, and the crew gives a lusty hurrah as the course is set for Singapore.—
John Bleasdale,
Variety,
21 Feb. 2025
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There are likely to be one or two final De Bruyne hurrahs, and City might need one in Madrid.—
Sam Lee,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Trump had already saluted the contributions of African Americans in a proclamation on Jan. 31.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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Brown saluted Hegseth as his motorcade arrived, then shook his hand as the two exchanged pleasantries.—
Luis Martinez,
ABC News,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The pint-sized assassin pulls a gun out of her fuzzy heart throw pillow and gets to work.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
18 Feb. 2025
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Polls show skepticism remains about lone assassin theory The Justice Department and other federal government entities have reaffirmed conclusions that Oswald was solely responsible for the killing of the former president.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Most fundamentally, Trump concluded that the ascendancy of the liberal order was over and the world of cutthroat power politics was back.—
HAL BRANDS,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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Christopher, a Daytime Emmy Awards-winner who starred as cutthroat mob boss Carlo Hesser on One Life to Live, died at 84 last December.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Said it over and over like a preacher singing hallelujah.—
Philip Martin,
arkansasonline.com,
13 Sep. 2024
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For me, especially as an A&R person, that’s hallelujah: Let the creative lead and the rest will follow.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2024
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“Bravo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bravo. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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