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as in blunder
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Recent Examples of howler
These were all obvious howlers — yet none of it was corrected by the moderators and little by the struggling president.
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Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
Costa Rica is also one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, which means visitors can see sloths, howler and squirrel monkeys, as well as whales that migrate just off the Pacific Coast.
—Brittany Anas, The Denver Post, 17 June 2024
Mexico is home to several kinds of howler monkeys, including mantled howlers (Alouatta palliata), Yucatán black howlers (Alouatta pigra) and Mexican howlers (Alouatta palliata mexicana).
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2024
Roman Polanski’s celebrated 1968 horror film — whose influence on this season of AHS becomes part of the story line in a howler of a cold open — is one of a handful of films whose dark subject matter seems to have seeped into the lives of the people who made it.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2024
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Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
Costa Rica is also one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, which means visitors can see sloths, howler and squirrel monkeys, as well as whales that migrate just off the Pacific Coast.
—Brittany Anas, The Denver Post, 17 June 2024
Mexico is home to several kinds of howler monkeys, including mantled howlers (Alouatta palliata), Yucatán black howlers (Alouatta pigra) and Mexican howlers (Alouatta palliata mexicana).
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2024
Roman Polanski’s celebrated 1968 horror film — whose influence on this season of AHS becomes part of the story line in a howler of a cold open — is one of a handful of films whose dark subject matter seems to have seeped into the lives of the people who made it.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for howler
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Suddenly, a woman is yanked through a mirror — a moment punctuated by the funniest shriek this side of the Wilhem scream — and the plot is pulled into the ’80s: a critical framing shift that’s never once made explicit.Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 3 Jan. 2025
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Break out three giant claps, a dazzling smile and a deafening scream.Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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But if a goalkeeper blunders like Illan Meslier did at Hull City (above) on Saturday, patience is going to be tested.Phil Hay, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor redeemed himself in a big way Sunday, practically single-handedly keeping the team’s playoff hopes alive one week after a big blunder.Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2024
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The first was related to Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election results — including his actions leading up to the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot — and the second case addressed his handling of classified White House documents that were retrieved from Mar-a-Lago.Kyler Alvord, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
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Notably, in 2021, Biden appeared on the show during the first 100 days of his administration, discussing the Covid pandemic and the still-fresh Jan. 6 Capitol riots.Jack Dunn, Variety, 14 Jan. 2025
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Viewers swiftly took to social media to roast McManus for the flub.Gil Macias, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
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But Harris’ flub on The View was instantly seen as a problem that was not going to be a one-day story.Philip Elliott, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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The fake laugh would be ‘gasp gasp,’ a kind of inhale.Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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Rivers said with a laugh before his Bucks’ faced Thibodeau’s Knicks at Madison Square Garden.Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
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Though it’s become synonymous with holiday cheer, Capra’s film works because of its willingness to go to some dark places, and because of Stewart’s ability to play a gregarious goof one moment and a man whose world comes crashing down the next.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
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Kevin Rodríguez rectified Valencia’s goof with a wild stoppage time goal to send the match to penalty kicks (Copa America is not doing an extra period, unlike Euros).Chris Branch, The Athletic, 5 July 2024
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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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This 1940s knee-slapper on deck from Lakewood Theatre Company really isn’t so concerned with rooting out the murderer.oregonlive, oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2023
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One lucky family got a hoot of a tree topper this Christmas!Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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The comments are a hoot FBI text message warning: What to know about keeping your information safe The use of AI in higher education has received pushback from some due to concerns surrounding academic integrity and privacy.Helen Rummel, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Howler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/howler. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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