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as in blunder
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Recent Examples of howler
Either their ability to spot talent is crap or Man City have had a howler.
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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
Hubble the resident howler was impressed & showed her the ropes.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Dec. 2024
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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
Hubble the resident howler was impressed & showed her the ropes.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for howler
Noun
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Travelers in the next room heard her screams and called hotel staff, who then called police.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
1 May 2025
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As his kids play around him, their playful shrieks blend with the screams and explosions of war.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Be equipped to answer this when delivering bad news by understanding the root cause of the blunder.—
Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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All the evidence points to various blunders, assumptions, policies, choices and unlucky circumstances that led to the tragedy.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Martin’s nomination had faltered after Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) publicly withdrew support, citing concerns over Martin’s embrace of Capitol riot defendants.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
13 May 2025
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Martin had helped organize the Stop the Steal rally, at the Ellipse, which preceded the riot.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
11 May 2025
Noun
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The clip, flub and all, made its way into the remaster.—
Jamal Michel,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Elsewhere in the episode, Colin Jost mocked the group chat flub during the Weekend Update segment.—
Nicholas Rice,
People.com,
6 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Photos were taken, laughs were shared and much of the cast gave each other warm embraces all evening.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 May 2025
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Since Carter and Andersen could make each other laugh, that was enough.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
13 May 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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Take The Kids To Tweetsie This nostalgic, Wild-West theme park is fun for younger kids and a hoot for adults, too.—
Leigh Ann Henion,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2025
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Williams and Aghdashloo class up the proceedings by their mere presence alone; Williams in particular is a hoot as her much younger, somewhat sociopathic self in the cold open.—
Sean T. Collins,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Howler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/howler. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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