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Recent Examples of booing
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
29 June 2026
The booing happened multiple times in the first half when the former Arsenal player touched the ball.
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Sam Joseph,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
And Hinch was jeered again after Jones struck out, bookending the booing and showing Tigers fans are perturbed over the team’s downfall.
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Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2026
Most memorably when he was asked by The Star’s Jaylon Thompson about the booing.
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Kansas City Star,
8 May 2026
The anger builds, leading to louder and more frequent booing.
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Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
16 Apr. 2026
Among the many rules at Augusta National — no cell phones, no booing, no lying in the grass — patrons are not allowed to run.
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Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
Or perhaps all the booing was from those that have wisely fled the state.
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Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
7 Apr. 2026
That is why the booing of Israeli — and in some moments American — athletes during the opening ceremony landed with such dissonance.
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Rabbi Bruce D. Forman,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
The Aniya moment alone would have been enough to earn this couplet of episodes five stars, but the recoupling also included a group booing, another hair-raising, furious speech from Melanie, and a moving Brinity reunion.
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Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
29 June 2026
The booing happened multiple times in the first half when the former Arsenal player touched the ball.
—
Sam Joseph,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
And Hinch was jeered again after Jones struck out, bookending the booing and showing Tigers fans are perturbed over the team’s downfall.
—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2026
Most memorably when he was asked by The Star’s Jaylon Thompson about the booing.
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Kansas City Star,
8 May 2026
The anger builds, leading to louder and more frequent booing.
—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
16 Apr. 2026
Among the many rules at Augusta National — no cell phones, no booing, no lying in the grass — patrons are not allowed to run.
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Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
Or perhaps all the booing was from those that have wisely fled the state.
—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
7 Apr. 2026
That is why the booing of Israeli — and in some moments American — athletes during the opening ceremony landed with such dissonance.
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Rabbi Bruce D. Forman,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for booing
Noun
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Fireworks might have additional whistling, crackling or hissing sounds.
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Sure enough, all tires were up and there were no obvious punctures or hissing sounds.
Verb
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Those jeering fans quickly had plenty to celebrate, as Austria players surrounded and jumped on their last-gasp goalscorer.
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Graduates boo speakers for mentioning AI At multiple college graduation ceremonies around the country, graduates and audience members were seen booing and jeering speeches.
Noun
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Throughout the game, seeing green shirts on the large screen triggered cheers through the crowd, while boos came up when yellow kits were displayed.
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Neither team has pressed forward with much conviction in the first 15 minutes, and after some back-and-forth passing on the back line of the Netherlands' defense, boos could be heard from restless spectators in Monterrey.
Noun
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Clark's jeers came at Shinnecock Hills in the Hamptons, roughly 60 miles away from Bethpage Black, where fans became the subject of controversy during the Ryder Cup.
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And all game long, Canada outclassed South Africa, who at times appeared content to hold the ball and take the game to a penalty shootout (earning jeers from the Canada-heavy crowd).
Noun
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As the halftime whistle blew, fans surely would have been thanking the gods for the respite, not from the heat, but rather the lack of any substantive action.
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From the first whistle until fans exited the parking lots, Colombian supporters who descended upon Kansas City made quite a racket.
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“Booing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booing. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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