hello
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"He said hello to you," said her 43-year-old mother Michelle Gomis, beaming, after the popemobile drove past.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
He then took the opportunity to say hello to a few fellow actors in the room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Our conversation was interrupted by a steady parade of friends and guests, popping by to say hello.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
He looked out at Otsego Lake while several Hall of Famers stopped to say hello.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
“Oh, hello, Duane. We’ve just been discussing a proper brushing regimen for keeping one’s fur lustrous.”
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
In the moments before class, we unloaded our gym bags and shoes into separate lockers outside of the yoga room while exchanging hellos that I expected to be awkward but somehow felt easy and unforced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
The government said it had increased the amount dentists get for NHS work and provided £20,000 golden hellos to get dentists to work in areas with the poorest access.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
The group greeted Reba with awkward hugs and stilted hellos.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2025
“At 15, it’s all hellos and later on there’s a lot more hard goodbyes,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
“Hills, like all other geographical features, are not in the custom of speaking hellos or anything else.”
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
NBC performers did their bits from Hollywood, the Secretary of the Navy and the Under Secretary of War spoke from Washington, NBC's newsmen in London, Manhattan and Buenos Aires helloed and jested by short wave.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hare reined in at the door and helloed.
From Heritage of the Desert by Zane Grey
And she helloed at the top of her voice.
From Neighbours by Robert J. C. Stead
It was in quoting prices on these "pick-ups" that Mitchell helloed for eight hours a day.
From Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories by Rex Ellingwood Beach
At the edge of town where the houses became scattered and the road started to drop away into a deep valley some one helloed behind him.
From Windy McPherson's Son by Sherwood Anderson
Illinois' Freshman Senator Chuck Percy was busily huddling and helloing.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I’ve no patience for all that helloing and chitchat about diapers! The baby’s on his way and there’s no time to waste. Incorrigibles, come!”
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
Then one day, I’m helloing and next thing I know, I’m saying hello to Matt and Lance.
From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor
After helloing for her without result, he climbed to the road.
From The Valley of the Moon by Jack London
"It's a shame to spoil it," replied David, "but I am afraid your Elf's Horn and Jean's helloing were just a coincidence."
From Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School Or, Fast Friends in the Sororities by Jessie Graham [pseud.] Flower
