yelp
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It was now a cold, silent night, broken only by snores, the occasional yelp of someone dreaming, and the hoot of a single owl.
From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025
But for that moment we sang together, a collective yelp of determination to keep dancing.
From Salon • Oct. 16, 2024
Border Patrol vehicle, botanist Sula Vanderplank heard a quail in the scrub yelp “chi-ca-go,” a sound the birds use to signal they are separated from a mate or group.
From Seattle Times • May 18, 2024
Suddenly, a strange yelp echoes from a ridge of craggy outcroppings.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2024
The sky seemed to reach into the exposition, and somewhere glass shattered, not the gentle tinkling of a window extinguished by a stone but the hurt-dog yelp of large sheets falling to the ground.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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