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Examples

  • Big circular flatbreads called mankouche (pronounced man-oosh) are covered in tomato and red-pepper paste, chard or sorrel, salty cheese or za'atar, and fired in a scorching wood oven until they bubble and blacken.

    A taste of Beirut 2010

  • *Inspired by the playful idea that if you can mash it, smash it, oosh it, goosh it, shake it, coat it or stir it, your baby can participate in the process of preparing meals

    Feeding Babies 'Real Food' : eebee's Mix & Mash Adventures Jennifer 2009

  • Whisky, on the other hand, comes from the Gaelic word uisge which means “water” and is pronounced “oosh-kyuh”.

    Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Can I Borrow a Cup of Déjà Vu? 2009

  • “Ayah!” and “oosh! oosh!” as though a drove of strange animals were being rounded up and driven through the crowded streets.

    Jennie Gerhardt 2004

  • With a squishy oosh, her feet sank into the warm mud.

    Surrender A Dream Jill Barnett 1991

  • With a squishy oosh, her feet sank into the warm mud.

    Surrender A Dream Jill Barnett 1991

  • With a squishy oosh, her feet sank into the warm mud.

    Surrender A Dream Jill Barnett 1991

  • A second caravan of camels appeared, preceded by some filthy men in rags, who cried, "Oosh! oosh!" to clear the way.

    The Garden of Allah Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

  • ` ` Rescue the Perishing '' was the startlingly appropriate selection, rendered with inconceivable lingering upon each syllable: ` ` Roos-cyoo the Poor-oosh-oong! ''

    The Conquest of Canaan 1905

  • The sonorous _shwoo-oosh_ of the wind-tormented pine tops surged through the very soul of her, the diapason accompaniment to the miserere of motherhood.

    The Lookout Man B. M. Bower 1905

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