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ululated

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past tense of ululate

as in howled

to make a long loud mournful sound Arab women ululating with grief

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The killings had begun, and the few protesters still waiting in the cold rain howled, their worst nightmares finally made real.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
There are moments on Wowed Out when a younger James would have howled, would have ventured all the way out to sea, would have let his guitar erupt.

— Ryan Leas, Pitchfork, 28 Aug. 2026

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