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Recent Examples of whistled
That prospect flared up for Seoane as the home fans whistled and booed at the final whistle, and became reality on Monday when the club’s board acted.
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Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whistled
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The site, which bubbled and hissed for decades, is still called the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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The heaters hissed and clanked, let off steam, fogged up the windows.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Dec. 2025
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The old boiler wheezed and stalled, the roof sprang leaks, half-century-old pipes cracked, and the lobby intercom was defunct.—
Michael Powell,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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Crews worked for months to install the devices, intermittently closing a lane of traffic on the bridge and hoisting themselves up the towers as cars whooshed by.—
Rachel Swan,
San Francisco Chronicle,
10 Mar. 2026
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From there my type B personality whooshed in.—
Shilpa Uskokovic,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
17 Feb. 2026
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But it can easily be lifted away, swooshed through the air, and opened up to be interacted with.—
Kim Snaith,
Space.com,
29 Dec. 2025
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As Ger stood by, the panels swooshed open and a kid with a skateboard walked in.—
Rachel Swan,
San Francisco Chronicle,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Whistled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whistled. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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