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as in screams
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as in blunders
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Noun
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The hours and hours of screams, only silenced when victims were finally murdered.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
14 May 2026 -
But there were no loud gasps or terrified screams during the screening.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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For the game, for the third straight game, the Lakers made bunches of mistakes that became bunches of baskets, this time 17 blunders that became 30 Oklahoma City points.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 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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Both the taxpayer and nontaxpayer midlevel extensions generally lead to more flubs than wild success stories.—
Eric Koreen,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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Some observers pointed out flubs like Phillip’s are common during live television broadcasts or breaking news situations.—
Dominick Mastrangelo,
The Hill,
11 Mar. 2026
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After the supermarket burned down and his mom’s store was looted during the 1992 Los Angeles riots, his family relocated to Hawaii.—
Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
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In March, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun called him the mastermind behind the riots that shook the city in 2019.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 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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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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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,
14 Feb. 2026
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Wiseman said to hoots from the crowd of media gathered at the site.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2026
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Owl hoots are most effective at striking up turkeys when owls are naturally active, which is around dawn and dusk.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Howlers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/howlers. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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