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Recent Examples of howler
Earlier this year, scientists said video showed capuchin monkeys carrying at least 11 howler babies in Panama.
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CBS News, 17 Dec. 2025
The howler and white-faced monkeys grew active with the heat, entertaining beachgoers who had made the Sunday trip to the park’s inviting blond strands.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Nov. 2025
Camera footage showed one occasion when an adult howler came and tried to retrieve a baby, and capuchins scared it off.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 19 May 2025
Since howlers and capuchins have different diets, the researchers ruled out competition for food.
—Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025
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CBS News, 17 Dec. 2025
The howler and white-faced monkeys grew active with the heat, entertaining beachgoers who had made the Sunday trip to the park’s inviting blond strands.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Nov. 2025
Camera footage showed one occasion when an adult howler came and tried to retrieve a baby, and capuchins scared it off.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 19 May 2025
Since howlers and capuchins have different diets, the researchers ruled out competition for food.
—Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for howler
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Once seated, the crowd roared each time a member of the cast walked in, with the biggest screams by far going not to Anderson or co-star Assad Zaman but Eric Bogosian, who at 73 plays the youngest vampire of the season, Daniel Molloy.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
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Literature, in his view, was a susurrus of stifled screams, a missive from the netherworld of the collective imaginary.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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The Phillies got some help in the eighth inning on a baserunning blunder by Fernando Tatis, on first base with two outs after his third hit of the game.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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Adell misplayed a flyball into a bizarre home run off his head Tuesday, a fielding blunder reminiscent of José Canseco's embarrassing gaffe 33 years ago with the Texas Rangers.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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At least two people were killed and 15 Chicago police officers were hurt when a Puerto Rican celebration in Humboldt Park turned into a two-day riot along Division Street.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2026
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With the Watts riots still several months in the future, the city, as far as anyone knew, was ascendant.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026
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An unusual insult in Grease came to be thanks to a flub on an actor's part.—
Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 June 2026
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Faizan’s flub let his two remaining competitors back in, since all three misspelled during the round.—
Ben Nuckols,
Fortune,
27 May 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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The quest to find the better joke, the stronger laugh—that’s reason enough to keep on living.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
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These people had huge laughs Thursday morning over their airport Bloody Marys after realizing their words were treated as if serious.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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Johnny Carson made fun of politicians, but mostly their public goofs, not their policies.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
20 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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“Howler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/howler. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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