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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

Ben Affleck is also set to make an appearance in the new "Flash" as his version of Batman and Keaton said it was "great" to give his suit its last hoorah.

From Fox News ● Oct. 6, 2021

“It wouldn’t amount to a hoorah in tophet, and you’d probably wind up in the county jail.”

From King Spruce, A Novel by Holman Day

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