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On 13 April, fans are being encouraged to "dress up, whoop, yelp and clap their way through this block-busting adventure".
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2025
But for that moment we sang together, a collective yelp of determination to keep dancing.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2024
He also stopped his friend from a possible breakaway, though he let out a loud yelp of frustration when he missed a pass to a teammate that could have led to a goal.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
“I think I let out a yelp when I saw it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2023
JP and Alex yelp, and I turn around.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
“Nebraska” is a minimalist tableau of sin, a chilling void punctuated with coyote yelps and lonely harmonica solos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
“What counts is that the combinations of music and words and yelps strike nerves,” he added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2025
“Am I the bad one?” yelps the singer and percussionist Ollie Judge, embodying a morally dubious character who is only just beginning to question the customs of his culture.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2024
"Leave me alone, Daddy," she yelps in the cutest squeal.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2023
Caleb yelps as the net curls around his body and then straightens.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
“Flippin’ champs?!” all-world quarterback Fernando Mendoza yelped, eyes wide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025
Or, as Doc Brown might have yelped, changes could have disastrous consequences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
He yelped at the microphone as though it was about to attack him, then he lilted, eyes closed, like a crooner.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2023
Rex and the other dogs barked, yelped and whined during the ceremony, more eager to play for each other than get their badges as they tugged at their handlers’ leashes.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
Fink yelped and said, “Pinch it closer to the skin!”
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
And I like the people yelping “This is golf, not the UFC!” as if a mixed martial arts crowd would somehow be worse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025
“I was trying to brush her ‘cause she stepped in something,” she said, more yelping coming from inside the car.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024
Huw Jones said he heard a strange yelping noise coming from part of his land.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2024
However, the researchers also noted more signs of stress in the e-collar group, including yawning and, in some dogs, yelping.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2022
The discs sprouted thin, wiry legs like spiders and skittered into the crowd, where they affixed themselves to Mr. Flux’s troops, delivering electrical charges that sent them yelping up and out of the fray.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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