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as in whisper
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as in chirp
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Recent Examples of coo
Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2024
Amateurs now have a remarkable ability to recognize the birds that are cooing or chirping—which has generated more interest in birds and directed more citizen-science recordings to the Macaulay Library.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Sunny, having evidently manifested full autonomy, finds a wounded bird and begins cooing at it like a child.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 31 July 2024
And in her own company, a woman is taking maternity leave now; her baby is a month old, and Williams coos over photos of her newborn.
—Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2024
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Verb
The amiable fire chief, who coos to a station dog named Vasia, is not alone in his pessimism.
—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2024
Amateurs now have a remarkable ability to recognize the birds that are cooing or chirping—which has generated more interest in birds and directed more citizen-science recordings to the Macaulay Library.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Sunny, having evidently manifested full autonomy, finds a wounded bird and begins cooing at it like a child.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 31 July 2024
And in her own company, a woman is taking maternity leave now; her baby is a month old, and Williams coos over photos of her newborn.
—Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coo
Noun
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Recent whispers from Washington suggest that tariffs are unlikely to be broad.—
Ganesh Rao,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2025
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Veteran journalist Kim Osorio appears in the doc and says that there were whispers that Porter was a victim of Combs’ abuse, and an attorney for a client who sued Combs says her client witnessed acts of violence against Porter.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Nature greeted me with the best welcome soundtrack: waves of silence bedecked with soft trickles from a nearby creek, the cheerful chirps from birds, and leaves rustled by a gentle breeze.—
Gabrielle Nicole Pharms,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Jan. 2025
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Tuning into Scottie Scheffler this season felt like a bird-watching expedition on overdrive—his tour-leading 4.88 birdies per round featured more chirps per hour than an Audobon Trail.—
Mike Dojc,
Forbes,
10 Dec. 2024
Verb
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And for good reason: Cats are the quirky balls of fur and love that purr their way into our hearts.—
Jackie (Ott) Jaakola,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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Other signs of cat love according to O'Callaghan include head-butting, slow-blinking, following you around, kneading you, bringing you gifts, and of course, purring while near you, and showing physical signs of affection.—
Gord Magill,
Newsweek,
21 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Plus: Toronto finally signed a big bat, and Ken has more on … *sigh* … look, the Dodgers are just doing more than anyone else, OK?—
Ken Rosenthal,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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An inflation report Wednesday that seemed to show little movement in prices set off a buying frenzy on Wall Street as investors breathed a collective sigh of relief that inflation was not on a path higher again.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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For me, the Caribbean is the cluck of a rooster during sunrise, a coconut from a roadside truck to quell the afternoon heat.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Dec. 2024
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Her 8-year-old daughter, wearing pigtails, sucked on a lollipop as the clucks of chickens cut through the quiet of the neighborhood. 1 of 2 In Georgia, agriculture is a $83.6 billion industry that supports more than 323,000 jobs, according to the Georgia Farm Bureau.—
Tribune News Service,
Hartford Courant,
4 Nov. 2024
Verb
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Ross Crates, an ecologist at the Australian National University who was not involved in the study, noted that other research had shown that some birds hissed to ward off predators to their nests.—
Kate Golembiewski,
New York Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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The hissing wind pushed black smoke down Temescal Canyon, sending residents choking toward the beach.—
Jack Flemming,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The Republican conference is rife with sticking points as budget hawks squawk and some House Republicans insist on increasing the state and local tax deduction.—
Taylor Giorno,
The Hill,
30 Dec. 2024
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There’s no dialogue, at least none decipherable to human ears — everything is a symphony of meows, woofs, squawks, grunts, squeaks, squeals and simian cries.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 Nov. 2024
Verb
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Twice, a jaw-grinder with dreadful tats scuttles by murmuring, in a serious rush.—
Jonathan Rowe,
SPIN,
18 Dec. 2024
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Imagine what those murderers and rapists do to young men in prison, murmurs one of the Soviet censors to Tomáš.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
2 Dec. 2024
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“Coo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coo. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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