hiss
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The theater reopened this past weekend with “The Great Bank Robbery,” a 30-minute-plus show in which audiences are encouraged to boo, hiss and swoon over the characters, a Bird Cage tradition since 1954.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
Play Under The Rain or Breathe Again and you'll hear a telltale hiss running throughout the tracks.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026
A symphonic mix of an espresso machine’s hiss, a ravenous juicer’s whir and ebullient Spanish welcomed me at my new favorite, Las Olas Cafe.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
And so somewhere, between the hiss of butter and the smell of roasting chicken, she is still there, reminding every cook who’ll listen: “Brown food tastes good.”
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2025
As it passed through the thick hot air, it made a defiant hiss like a riled snake.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing hiss
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