yay
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I hadn't thought about it till it came out in the press, so yay, yay for me.
From Barron's ● Jan. 17, 2026
It will kind of never end from here in ways, so you know, yay?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025
Roy runs into Phoebe’s teacher — yay, Phoebe, genuinely and always — and she says he seemed “stuck” the last time they spoke, which evidently serves to immediately unstick him.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2023
"A black president, yay, and his black wife."
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2022
"Yay, yay, yay!" the girl yelled, jumping up and down as the desire of her heart moved forward.
From Stories from the Old Attic by Robert A. Harris
