as in roar
loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound
the bowwow coming from the store's returns desk on the day after Christmas
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Noun
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The loudest roar of the day coming when the punter dotted a shot into the 1-yard line.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
12 Apr. 2026 -
For the first time in this series, the Rogers Centre crowd rose to a roar.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But stopping the clap of Thunder and rattle of Spurs calls for something special.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
10 Apr. 2026
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The rattle inside his body that had played the white noise to his life was hushed.—
Courtney Crowder,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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The Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management warned residents that demolition may produce loud noises and advised them to close their windows.—
Joe Brandt,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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The Bach Festival Society of Winter Park fought the noise of campus hoopla to present Duke Ellington's sacred music at Knowles Chapel.—
Matthew J. Palm,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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There was plenty of chatter about keeping an eye on the Lakers as a potential sleeper team in the West before Luka Doncic (hamstring) and Austin Reaves (oblique) went down with injuries this month.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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But most of his chatter during the night was about the larger issues that prompted the tour just a matter of weeks earlier.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2026
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In footage shared by the BBC on X, Medvedev, who suffered a 6-0 6-0 loss during the 49-minute match, was filmed smashing up his tennis racket six times and angrily tossing it across the court.—
Gina Kalsi,
PEOPLE,
9 Apr. 2026
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He was fined $30,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct and an additional $12,500 for racket abuse.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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Hostert, of the University of Iowa, likens it to picking out the faint hum of an air conditioner over the din of Manhattan traffic.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Apr. 2026
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Angered when his ally Munim Khan was replaced by Shams-ud-din as vakil (prime minister), Adham Khan, who was already resentful after his recall from Malwa, stormed into the court with his supporters on May 16, 1562, and murdered Shams-ud-din in the audience hall.—
Tamanna Nangia,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Bowwow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bowwow. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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