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Numerous attempts to shoo them away, including Sampras batting his racquet at them, failed, and the match had to be suspended.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

Harbor staff try to ease them along to the 42 floats built to accommodate the creatures and they use big wooden panels, called herding boards, to gently shoo them away from the boat docks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

In some cases, residents have tried to shoo away dogs from feeding spots to discourage people from providing them food.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2025

“I’m the kind of person who, if I see a fly, I’ll kindly shoo it out the window.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2023

He closed his book with a bang, leaped to his feet, seized his wand of lignum vitae, and rushed at Arthur as if he were trying to shoo away a stray chicken.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Chewbacca shoos the Porgs away so he can eat in peace.

From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2024

The guard occasionally shoos patrons away because it's a restricted area.

From Golf Digest ● Apr. 8, 2019

He shoos his children into the house to do their homework just before his “bros” arrive.

From The Guardian ● May 19, 2018

Now, looking ever so secretive and making exaggerated spy-like moves that border on mime, she shoos him away.

From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2015

Emma shoos the boys off the chairs, which I carry back to the table.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

He’d force himself into the kitchen, cooking orders before he was shooed away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

The man disappeared around a corner as security guards shooed the lawyer back to another room.

From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2025

After taking a few laps of the gore, it gets shooed away.

From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2024

Two officers arrived a short time later and shooed the owl away by shining a flashlight in its eyes, Aaron said.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2024

Then Palmer quickly opened the window and shooed his pigeon into the sky.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli

He shouted out his words, not at all the joyful warrior of Harris-Walz fashion, but more like a cranky old man shooing kids off his lawn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2024

Generally, the person who invited you to the party is responsible for connecting unfamiliar folks, but sometimes your host is uncorking bottles and shooing away mynah birds.

From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2023

The movie bakes in Griffin shooing a bunch of handlers out of the room so that he can answer that it’s just a few.

From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2023

"Has nobody been on the shooing course. I cannot believe you closed the entire Elizabeth line for a swan on the tracks," they added.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2023

She whispered in the boy’s ear, and he began making shooing motions, too.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer