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Recent Examples of howler
With a goalkeeping howler and a red card, Marcelo Bielsa’s side self-imploded at the end of a bitterly disappointing tournament.
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Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
30 June 2026
Expect to see monkeys (both howler and white-faced), koatis, and perhaps even a leopard.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 Mar. 2026
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Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
30 June 2026
Expect to see monkeys (both howler and white-faced), koatis, and perhaps even a leopard.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for howler
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The delighted screams were coming from a man wearing a Mexico soccer jersey in the first row.
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Alicent fights back and is ultimately rescued by Grand Maester Orwyle, who hears her screams.
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Sometimes this was committed to good, such as the Marshall Plan and the Peace Corps, and sometimes to ill, as in a series of military blunders meant to quash godless Communism.
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has also fallen foul of Germany’s World Cup elimination by Paraguay, after stumbling into a social media debacle following a communications blunder.
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Statue toppling riots… and the very real possibility of death.
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The jury found Soto guilty of rioting, providing material support to terrorists, conspiracy to use and carry an explosive, and using and carrying explosives during a riot.
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The lefty, who needed 37 pitches to get through the fourth due to Cabrera’s flub and three free passes, logged five innings, two runs (0 earned), four walks and six strikeouts over 96 pitches.
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But those are only the flubs that Jeopardy judges catch and acknowledge during tapings.
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Fox Sports cameras showed Swift sharing a laugh with Kelce’s mother, Donna Kelce, in a suite.
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Davidson cowrote each episode, providing plenty of laughs and adding an extra bounce to the show’s hopeful ending.
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With suspiciously fortuitous timing, Andy is snapped up as Runway’s new features editor—a move that Irv Ravitz (Tibor Feldman), the Si Newhouse-esque head of Elias-Clarke, hopes will salvage what remains of the publication’s credibility in the wake of Miranda’s bungle.
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In addition to Robinhood’s Platinum card, there is Citi’s $695-per-year Strata Elite, whose debut last year was marred by an application-process bungle that saw the bank freeze thousands of accounts—but which has proved popular nonetheless.
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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.
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All of which is to say that unless the whole thing is just an extended goof designed to boost engagement, the vibes are pretty fractious chez Fox.
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Add an unexpected houseguest, a big, awkward goof, who, to everyone’s surprise and dismay, doesn’t speak English.
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“Howler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/howler. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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