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Recent Examples of howler
Howl at the moon, like your new howler, capuchin and spider monkey neighbors!
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Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
On an island off Panama, male capuchins were observed repeatedly abducting baby howlers.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Crystal Skull is easily Spielberg’s laziest, sloppiest work — even the action sequences seem phoned-in — and it’s filled with unforgivable howlers: Shia LaBeouf’s limp attempt at being a bad boy, Cate Blanchett’s hammy villain, the goddamn fridge scene.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 20 June 2025
The howler population on Jicarón is an endangered subspecies of mantled howler monkeys, Alouatta palliata coibensis, according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, a global assessment of species’ vulnerability to extinction.
—Marlowe Starling, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
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Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
On an island off Panama, male capuchins were observed repeatedly abducting baby howlers.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Crystal Skull is easily Spielberg’s laziest, sloppiest work — even the action sequences seem phoned-in — and it’s filled with unforgivable howlers: Shia LaBeouf’s limp attempt at being a bad boy, Cate Blanchett’s hammy villain, the goddamn fridge scene.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 20 June 2025
The howler population on Jicarón is an endangered subspecies of mantled howler monkeys, Alouatta palliata coibensis, according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, a global assessment of species’ vulnerability to extinction.
—Marlowe Starling, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for howler
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The House galleries erupted in screams, chants, sirens, and outrage as the vote was taken.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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Inevitably, team evil has cooler powers, like Sindel’s scream and Kung Lao’s hat of doom, but in addition to allotting an inordinate amount of its combat time to Shao Kahn, who’s just a hulking guy with a hammer, the movie’s big visual idea is characters blasting one another with beams.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
6 May 2026
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In a recent tactical blunder, the first lady’s farcical rollout of a teacher robot made unusually clear what this administration really thinks of children, teachers and schools.—
Randi Weingarten,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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Although the mom of four appeared to spend the rest of her night faux pas-free, she's had to handle sartorial blunders before.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
6 May 2026
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Two computer monitors displayed a riot of overlapping windows, including an old, blocky software program called P-COM, which offered thirty-five types of commands.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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The audit by the Homeland Security inspector general found that only seven of 63 officers reviewed had received any level of riot and crowd control training.—
Andrea Castillo,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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There is a lot of faith in last year’s expansion club, but the potential draft-day flub of trading away Flau’jae Johnson has shaken some of that.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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Four years later, Harvey appeared to make another flub during the global competition, introducing the wrong contestant while announcing the winner of the National Costume Contest.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
15 Apr. 2026
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Mary is portrayed as a vicious brat whose entire bid for power rests on the fact that Edward’s adviser Seymour (Dominic Cooper) can’t get enough of ye olde S&M play, while Frances gets all her best intel from younger noblemen who pop boners at the sight of her.—
Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 June 2024
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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.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
29 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
30 Mar. 2026
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There are moments when Lily feels lost and anxious, and another scene where a panicked sheep knocks over furniture, although that is played for laughs.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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Even Gawker’s star investigative reporter Adrian Chen, whose exposé of the dark web marketplace Silk Road was a huge scoop, could generate laughs.—
Frank DiGiacomo,
HollywoodReporter,
8 May 2026
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These compounding goofs demand accountability and a sober reassessment of the competence of American leadership.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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And watching the Timberwolves goofs who’ve barked on social media eat their words is going to be absolutely quacktacular.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Howler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/howler. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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