howlers

plural of howler

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for howlers
Noun
  • Blood curdling screams and chains scraping against the ground can be heard throughout the prison.
    Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The women in the audience gave him frenzied screams.
    Scott Huver, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Following last week’s blunders against the Rams, in which Mitchell’s mistakes cost the team two touchdowns, he was effectively benched until garbage time in the fourth quarter.
    James Boyd, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Again, special teams blunders set the defense up in poor position, but the defense ultimately coughed up big gains on the ground.
    Mike Kaye September 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Bahr sees this as being connected to policy flubs and misdirection.
    Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Character animations are slick, but reliable in their control and inertia — rarely leading to flubs caused by anything other than player error.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Schiff also served on the House committee that looked into attempts to overturn the 2020 election and the Capitol riots.
    Solcyré Burga, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The debuts take place at a critical time in the country, just days after riots and national strikes broke out across Italy as protestors clashed with police, demanding action over Gaza.
    Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • One hundred fifty five days later, the Guardians have regained pole position in the AL Central, once again the result of a frenetic flash of bunts, chops and goofs that converted a 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 advantage.
    Zack Meisel, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Looking ahead to all of the tomorrows, all the adventures, the laughs, and all of the love.
    Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • In the images, Powers and Destiny posed together lounging on a couch, embracing each other, sharing a few laughs, and staring into each other’s eyes.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • All the segments understand the assignment, aiming primarily to elicit hoots and hollers.
    James Grebey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The town hall crowd received my comments with strong clapping and appreciative hoots and hollers.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
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“Howlers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/howlers. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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