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Recent Examples of howler
Further observation of the video and cross-checking among researchers revealed that the small figure was actually a monkey of a different species — a baby howler.
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Marlowe Starling, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
My colleague Jason Zinoman, a critic at large for The Times, makes the case for more — not fewer — of these howlers.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
Betting on no goals always carries massive risk as any random deflection, slip in the defensive third or howler can thwart the bet.
—Brett Koremenos, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Step forward Maignan, Milan’s France international goalkeeper, with this absolute howler in the third minute of the match.
—Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
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Marlowe Starling, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
My colleague Jason Zinoman, a critic at large for The Times, makes the case for more — not fewer — of these howlers.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
Betting on no goals always carries massive risk as any random deflection, slip in the defensive third or howler can thwart the bet.
—Brett Koremenos, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Step forward Maignan, Milan’s France international goalkeeper, with this absolute howler in the third minute of the match.
—Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for howler
Noun
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Neighbors heard her screams and called for an ambulance.—
Laura A. Bischoff,
The Enquirer,
4 July 2025
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The rest of the group is rendered by capable performers, but their dialogue consists of rote exposition and the occasional scream, as pterodactyls dive-bomb them and T. rexes snap in their faces.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
4 July 2025
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Kiké Hernández and Teoscar Hernández made run-scoring defensive blunders in the outfield.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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Whereas the Pacers had their lowest giveaway total of the championship round in Game 6, OKC had its highest turnover game of the playoffs, with 23 blunders leading to 32 Indiana points.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
20 June 2025
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But it’s also rooted in the trauma many in the LGBTQ community have experienced in dealing with law enforcement for years — going back to the 1969 Stonewall riot, which was sparked by a police raid at the now-famous Greenwich Village gay bar.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
29 June 2025
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Our homage to the upstate New York prison famous for its riots.—
Bob Morris,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2025
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Evidently, the name flub wasn’t enough to stop these two at the altar.—
Charlotte Walsh,
Vulture,
5 May 2025
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The script is lean enough that there really isn’t room for narrative flubs besides one breakdown that’s a bit too convenient.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
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And in a company which faithfully recreates stiff 18th-century acting conventions, McCormack’s unapologetically sassy Semira was a welcome change of pace, drawing the afternoon’s biggest laughs.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2025
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Friday’s Resident Alien had it all: uproarious laughs, romance, heartbreak and a whole lot of vomit.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
28 June 2025
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Fans chanted for tables early in the the match, which will likely result in an unnecessary rant about table-thirst paying customers from that goof Dave Meltzer.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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The novel Abby fell asleep reading is a goof on City of Thieves, a novel by Game of Thrones co-showrunner David Benioff, who also wrote the novel adapted by Spike Lee into the great 2002 film 25th Hour (from Benioff’s screenplay).—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
26 May 2025
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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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This Would Work' by Ann Garvin This book is an absolute hoot.—
Amy Poeppel,
People.com,
11 June 2025
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Reading about being a turtle, on the other hand, is kind of a hoot.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
13 June 2025
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“Howler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/howler. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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