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are booing
  • present progressive of boo.

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College graduates are booing commencement speakers who evoke AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

It's difficult, perhaps impossible, to prove whether fans are booing their own team and manager more these days.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

They are booing some of the things that have gone on in the past and we have to move past it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2024

"All these people who are booing, and I'm just pointing out the obvious, you have terrible seats," Chappelle told the crowd in defense of Musk.

From Salon • Dec. 12, 2022

I’ve never had a person boo me, and all of a sudden people are booing me.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2016