bawler

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Noun
  • Michael Olise — France/Bayern Munich (-1) Unfortunate to slip here after technically registering his third assist of the tournament for Mbappe’s screamer, and curling a delightful chip off the Iraq crossbar following some very slick French interplay.
    Liam Twomey, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • The 20-yard screamer deflected off keeper Luca Zidane’s fingertips and bulged the back of the net.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • Diamond wrote this waltz-time weeper with Carole Bayer Sager, who beat him to the punch with her own recording; his version is haunted, hers downright macabre.
    Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
  • Such was the verdict that was handed down upon Anthony by his father, Dick, who was a boozer and a weeper as well as a baker.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Why? — Carol Cooper, Boynton Beach Quit complaining — or leave Here’s a suggestion for all the whiners, crybabies and complainers about America’s leadership.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 4 June 2026
  • As children, Keaton often dismissed her younger brother as a crybaby, scaredy cat and a nuisance who was coddled by their mother.
    Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 26 Dec. 2025
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“Bawler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bawler. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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