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Tomorrow, an immigrant group planning yet another day of protests -- yay -- with demonstrations at the White House.

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  • Tomorrow, an immigrant group planning yet another day of protests -- yay -- with demonstrations at the White House. —  CNN Transcript May 16, 2006
  • BECK: Coming up, as every economy on the planet seems to be crashing in slow motion, the price of a barrel of oil -- yay -- has been managing to fall to a 14-month low. —  CNN Transcript Oct 16, 2008
  • "How'd you like it if squatters moved onto your spread, yay, right'n your garden, and brought along their prairie dogs to burrow through it and their buffalo to graze and trample it? —  Operation Luna
  • "Yippie-yi-o-tie-yay," Justin said. —  Beowulf's Children
  • "Oh, yay, " I said so no one could hear me. —  Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
 

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