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curr

verb

Definition of curr

as in to coo

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The two young white women with long, straight hair hugged me and cooed and wiped my eyes.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
Johnson is a melodic savant, with a knack for knowing just how often to add seductive flourishes like a wordless, cooing chorus.

— Troy Carpenter, SPIN, 15 June 2026

Definition of coo

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In the first week of the COVID shutdown, Holmes packed her two hissing black cats, donned an N95 mask and flew to LAX.

— Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
This step is what brought us here, to Ponysaurus, filling out the online notice to the tune of a hissing compressor that kept clean air moving through the brewing system.

— Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of hiss

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The two of them dance mostly side by side for a time, until the ghost, Pan, whispers something in Astaire's ear.

— David Hajdu, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026
Robotic claws whispered along branching tracks, clutching boxy carriers beneath them like prizes in an arcade game.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of whisper

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The blunderbuss of violations of the basic decorum and dignity of democracy have become such a daily matter that the increasingly familiar response is to sigh and surrender.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026
When football fans saw three straight Primetime games on the NFL schedule for the Atlanta Falcons, there were some social media eye rolls, sighs and more, and who could blame them?

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026

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