shoo
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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
A waitress told Hannah the pigeon had been inside the pub but people had been kicking her, so the waitress had to shoo the pigeon out to protect it.
From BBC • May 25, 2024
“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
Tillman has enough arrogance to shoo the agents away, but Ole Munch and Dot herself are still in the wind, which makes him a target, too.
From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2023
He chased the mother away with a broom, then kept trying to shoo the baby in the other direction.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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