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Recent Examples of coo
Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
Our voices echoed up while, on the roof, pigeons cooed.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Throughout the hearing Khalil would often look back toward his baby when the newborn cooed.
—Armando Garcia, ABC News, 22 May 2025
The white fluffy animal charms most guests, who coo and snap photos.
—Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Verb
As many viewers cooed over the dogs' tranquil moment, others began asking logistical questions about flying with pets.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for coo
Noun
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There have been political whispers in South Windsor since the November election about whether the decision disqualifying Amadasun was part of a Republican ploy to keep Democrats from achieving a council supermajority.—
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What did Britt Lower whisper to Grande?—
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The Chartreux is usually a silent cat, giving little chirps or small miaows when wanting attention.—
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This includes meows, purrs and chirps—averaging about 4.3 meows in the first 100 seconds of greeting, compared to 1.8 for women.—
Verb
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Two years later, a long-haired white Persian appeared in From Russia With Love, purring from the lap of the Bond villain Blofeld.—
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Scientists may have finally solved the mystery of how cats purr.—
Noun
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Letting something out brings a sigh of relief, but also responsibility.—
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Its revival might prompt a sigh of relief.—
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What the cluck is going on in Kate Beckinsale’s family?—
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Here’s something for Hallmark fans to cluck about: the channel has set the return date for The Chicken Sisters.—
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As always, the kittens will be hissing from a luxury suite a safe distance away from the action.—
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The heaters hissed and clanked, let off steam, fogged up the windows.—
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Now the babble about them is back.—
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Mesopotamian corpses, stirred by the babble of trade, wander the halls wrapped in shrouds of extravagant malice.—
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However, after 40 minutes, the pilot turned back to Birmingham after issuing the 7700 squawk emergency code over the French coast, Daily Express reported.—
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There are times when squawk is not used to communicate aircraft information, like during military operations.—
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“Coo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coo. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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