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Recent Examples of howler
Researchers do not know how the capuchins got the howlers in the first place.
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Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025
Other than toting the babies on their backs, none of the capuchins interacted with or cared for the howlers, and eventually all the infants died of starvation.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 25 May 2025
Why capuchins appear to be abducting baby howlers is still unclear, but the team examined multiple possibilities.
—Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025
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.
—Marlowe Starling, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
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Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025
Other than toting the babies on their backs, none of the capuchins interacted with or cared for the howlers, and eventually all the infants died of starvation.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 25 May 2025
Why capuchins appear to be abducting baby howlers is still unclear, but the team examined multiple possibilities.
—Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025
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.
—Marlowe Starling, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for howler
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Hunt, Texas — Ever since dawn on the Fourth of July, a broken hearts club bigger than Texas has been forced to imagine the speed of water and the screams of children.—
Bill Weir,
CNN Money,
14 July 2025
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Factory workers heard screams, but couldn’t save their colleague.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
14 July 2025
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What happened to Josh Friedman isn’t just an HR blunder.—
Chloe Rogers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 July 2025
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Letting Tommy Kahnle, a reliable arm, walk has turned out to be a massive blunder.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 July 2025
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Before the riot at Hamilton Hall, Torres was required to scrub swastikas and became upset over the feeling that Columbia failed to take aggressive action against the vandals.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
25 July 2025
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Parks pleaded guilty in 2022 to disorderly conduct in a restricted building or grounds for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the U.S. Capitol.—
Ruben Montoya,
Nashville Tennessean,
23 July 2025
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That’s how many times French gameshow star Émilien won before losing his record-breaking 21-month streak from one flub.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
14 July 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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Watch the scene where the three men stop at a bar in D.C. Meadows laughs for the first time — a shy, honest laugh.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 July 2025
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Nixon’s spirit drew appreciative laughs from the crowd throughout the competition.—
Calista Oetama,
Sacbee.com,
23 July 2025
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Gomez, always the goof in pics, is squatting in a pile of metallic balloons, reaching for the camera, while Swift, her bangs and red lipstick as perfectly in place as ever, leans back to gaze dreamily up at t—, are on brand for the duo.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
21 July 2025
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This time, the goof who sprayed poison on our food did it for clicks.—
Joanna Allhands,
AZCentral.com,
7 July 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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The question of the dream’s content lingers, the foghorn hoot of a lone distant synth barely cutting through.—
Mitch Therieau,
New Yorker,
2 July 2025
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Just looking at photos of the different uniforms over the years is a hoot.—
Jeff Suess,
The Enquirer,
3 July 2025
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“Howler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/howler. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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