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hoorah

American  
[hoo-rah] / hʊˈrɑ /
Also hooray

interjection

  1. a variant of hurrah.


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“That’s the worst person, who’s not on television anymore. It’s you! So, hoorah for that—NBC did something good with that.”

From Salon Feb. 25, 2025

I thought it was so disrespectful that he took it upon himself to be like, “OK, I’m out the door, one last hoorah, let me make a scene of myself.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 9, 2022

Ending his 11-minute address, the Russian president said: "Glory to our armed forces - for Russia, for victory, hoorah", at which the assembled forces responded with a big cheer.

From BBC May 9, 2022

“It was a good little hoorah before we start this camp up.”

From Seattle Times Jul. 28, 2021

Now here's all this hoorah about his bein' put up for Congress!

From Heart's Desire by Hough, Emerson

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