yell
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“The only consequence is that people might yell at me online.”
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
So there are different ways to fight, and here’s what I’d say to a lot of people: If somebody’s yelling, and you yell back, then nobody can hear a thing.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
“You can get away with everything that you’re angry about and want to yell about. If you make them laugh first, people tend to listen.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
I did say in casting, I was like, “Can we cast some guys that are like my size that I could yell at that so people feel like it’s a good, fair fight?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Marco gave a yell and followed after them while Zheng struggled with the cook.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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“I think you guys all know my nickname is Juice. I have Juice on my pads. The stadium yells ‘Juice!’ when I catch the ball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
She feigns outrage loudly, according to people who like her, and yells maniacally, according to people who don’t.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
“Keep your jaw open,” someone yells, “it helps.”
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
Boos against opponents and bad referee and yells at your side to do better was the Spirit moving you to testify.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Charlie yells, and the lady loading her clothes into a dryer near us looks over with a frown.
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
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He tilted his face to the sky and yelled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
“I think we traded up!” she yelled to howls and horns thrown in the audience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
But now, I seriously doubted anyone was going to hand me a bronze statue for the way I yelled at my kids for not finishing their chicken nuggets.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
As they yelled to their colleague about a marketing presentation, a man at a nearby bench checked in with his girlfriend—also on speakerphone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
I yelled, and I crossed my arms and shook my head back and forth with my eyes closed, my pigtails snapping in the air like whips.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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“Even when everyone is yelling at me, people will hear what I’m saying.”
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
“Gold!” he kept yelling, “Gold from the American River!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Instead, keep a safe distance, back away slowly, and let the bear know you are there by making yourself look bigger and yelling or clapping.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
Attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch told CBS that Garcés Perez called his wife while "yelling in pain" in hospital.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
In the storm, in the pushing and yelling and driving, I had passed the point where they would accept me, run for me, pull for me, and they told me there in that gully.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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