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Recent Examples of howler
Body Count’s cover appears on their eighth studio album, Merciless, which features collaborations with death metal howler Corpsegrinder, Light the Torch singer Howard Jones and Soulfly vocalist/guitarist Max Cavalera.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Dec. 2024
But more often than not, Moore holds the center of a movie, or drags a howler over the finish line with sheer presence, or simply gives a great performance.
—Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
Either their ability to spot talent is crap or Man City have had a howler.
—Pol Ballús, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
Leno has generally been good this season but was comically poor in this one, a poor pass to Pereira followed by an inexplicable howler.
—Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Dec. 2024
But more often than not, Moore holds the center of a movie, or drags a howler over the finish line with sheer presence, or simply gives a great performance.
—Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
Either their ability to spot talent is crap or Man City have had a howler.
—Pol Ballús, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
Leno has generally been good this season but was comically poor in this one, a poor pass to Pereira followed by an inexplicable howler.
—Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for howler
Noun
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Now, Hanson and Norman say, that display has moved onto social media, where teens’ For You Pages are flooded with acceptance videos featuring screams of joy and tears.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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Often reserved on the court, Holiday celebrated with a loud scream while walking toward the Boston huddle.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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But the team with the biggest quarterback blunder from 2018 was the Arizona Cardinals, who made the decision to trade up to the No. 10 pick to take Josh Rosen.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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This week’s White House Report Card could have been a bad one, considering court rulings against President Donald Trump, staffing blunders, and a lack of movement on his tariff war that is starting to scare his supporters.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Apr. 2025
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The act was used again in 1967 by President Lyndon B. Johnson in response to the Detroit riots, deploying troops to help restore order during a period of intense racial unrest.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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The riot forced the cancellation of the second game, which the White Sox forfeited.—
Alice George,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Apr. 2025
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For the Rockets, Jalen Green bounced back from his playoff debut flub in Game 1 with a huge performance to lead his team to tie the best-of-seven series.—
Matias Grez,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2025
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The Cuomo campaign’s matching funds flub comes after the ex-gov has in the past few days reeled from back-to-back public snafus.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
15 Apr. 2025
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That sort of showboating elicits laughs from TV audiences, partly because today's younger shoppers are spending less on pricey goods and more on luxury experiences.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Sharing good laughs goes a long way to strengthening connections and relationships.—
Liz Guthridge,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Jack Haven as Shaggy Taylor Hill/Getty Images Shaggy is really the heart of Mystery, Inc., and in order to pull off his specific mix of loveable goof and chill stoner, look no further than Haven.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
27 Mar. 2025
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So far, these little goofs include, but are not limited to, momentarily laying off people who oversee the nuclear-weapons stockpile and cancelling Ebola-prevention measures.—
David Remnick,
The New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2025
Noun
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On dinner tables frequented by Brussels sprouts, meatloaf is the well-meaning uncle whose knee-slappers are beloved, but not particularly hip.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2025
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And, even more unfortunately, the conversations that Dreux and Alyssa have are not exactly knee-slappers.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
22 Jan. 2025
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The comments are a hoot Fire and Braids named The Republic's best tamale in metro Phoenix.—
Tiffany Acosta,
The Arizona Republic,
16 Dec. 2024
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Our driver, Stu, was a hoot and snuck in a couple of impromptu stops at Baldwin Street, the world’s steepest street, and the historic Dunedin Railway Station, an architectural landmark considered to be the most photographed building in New Zealand.—
Lois Alter Mark,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Howler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/howler. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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